[bybybill]

If this is true, its just plain childlish and does nothing to help Israel find peace for itself

[LarryLied]

Right. Every military action should have a reason which brings a force closer to an objective. Perhaps there is a reason here but it is not spelled out in this article.

[BlackVeil]

"its just plain childlish ... " They urinated all over the walls, as well. They think that they are impressive. They do not go in, face to face with Arafat.

[JLS]

"If this is true, its just plain childlish and does nothing to help Israel find peace for itself."

You seemed to have missed the memo. Israel is not looking for peace for itself. Israel is trying to stop an enemy from attacking it. Part of the was you do that is to take out command and control assets. Part of taking out command and control is isolating them. Arafat is certainly less mobile for a while.

Plus in this case, Arafat is not was secure as he was when he had armored vehicles to move around in. Israel is probably not going to take out Arafat, but why wouldn't they do things to make it easier for any peaceful Palestinians to take him out. I think they did.

Finally the Israel's imposed an immediate cost on Arafat for the attacks today. I suspect Israel will continue to impose costs on Arafat directly any time their is an attack from now on.