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In-Depth Issue:
How EU Aid Goes for War
Newly translated documents captured during Operation Defensive Shield describe how the PA diverts foreign aid money for terrorism and corruption.
Follow the Money: $6 Million a Month for War
Each month the PA receives millions of dollars in foreign aid. The EU provides $9 million and the Arab states $45 million, according to a decision by the Arab League of October 2000.
Top PA Officials Enjoy Perks
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News Resources - USA and Europe:
Two Palestinian terrorists entered the home of a Jewish family in Itamar, in Samaria, and shot dead the mother, three sons -- 15, 12, and 5 -- and a neighbor who tried to save them. Two children, a 10-year-old boy and his 13-year old sister, were hospitalized with serious gunshot wounds, while two other children hid under their beds and escaped injury. Two border policemen were also wounded. On May 29, a terrorist infiltrated Itamar and attacked a high school, killing three Israeli teenagers who were playing basketball. 30 Israelis have been murdered in Palestinian terror attacks in the last 3 days. (FOX News) Arafat's call for an end to attacks on Israel was found to be insufficient by the White House. ''The president is still waiting for him to act," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. (Washington Post) When an average, garage-made bomb is exploded in a contained space, such as a city bus, the heat and pressure generated by the blast will melt iron. "For the exposed part of the body, the side facing the blast, it would be like falling off a building," says Dr. Pekka Sinervo, a physics professor at the University of Toronto. "No, actually it would be worse." (Toronto Star) Previously, the attackers were strictly from the fundamentalist Hamas and Islamic Jihad, envisioning a covey of virgins and automatic passes to paradise. But since early spring, most of the attacks have been by more secular groups linked to Arafat's Fatah organization. The broader cultural phenomenon of suicide bombing may prove difficult to restrain, experts say. (New York Times) See also Israeli Defense Minister Meets with Failed Suicide Bombers (Ha'aretz) Israel has begun calling up reserve soldiers in response to the latest wave of murderous Palestinian Authority terrorism. Troops backed by armored vehicles have taken up positions in or near most major Palestinian cities. "Until there is a change of behavior on the other side, until they can take responsibility for areas under their jurisdiction, we have no choice but to move into certain areas that will improve our ability to prevent infiltrations into Israel," said government spokesman Dore Gold. (Voice of America) The last thing Penina Eisenmann remembers before the terrorist attack that murdered seven in Jerusalem on Wednesday is holding her 5-year-old daughter's hand, crossing the street. Ahead of them is her 60-year-old mother, wheeling her 18-month-old grandson in a baby carriage. "My mother caught the brunt of the blast, so she was able to protect me. My daughter was so small it destroyed her," Eisenmann said. (Jerusalem Post) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked the attorney general, the state attorney, legal advisors to the Shin Bet, and the Judge Advocate General for legal opinions on expelling terrorists and their families and demolishing terrorist's homes in the West Bank and in Gaza. The High Court of Justice has ruled in the past that individuals may be expelled if their presence in the territories could result in disruptions to law and order, and oversaw the establishment of a legal appeals process for candidates for expulsion. (Ha'aretz) A Palestinian pretending to be a journalist, arrested Thursday night at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza, told his captors where he had hidden an explosive belt and 7 kg. of TNT in the Erez industrial zone. The man is one of 3,700 Palestinians who work at Erez in some 200 factories, which have remained open during the fighting in order to provide sustenance for Palestinian families. (Yediot Ahronot) Israel's security services have been discussing the sharp rise in involvement of Israeli Arabs in terrorist attacks. The homicide bomber who murdered 19 Israelis on a Jerusalem bus may have spent the night in the city's Arab Beit Safafa neighborhood. While the trend is expected to worsen, the government has sought to minimize publicity in order not to sharpen tensions with the Israeli Arab community. (Maariv) Nahshon Brigade company commander Maj. Shlomi Cohen, 26, of Rehovot, led the soldiers who entered the house of the local head of Palestinian intelligence in Kalkilya on Wednesday, when gunmen opened fire and threw grenades at the troops at close range. Cohen was to have been discharged from the army a month ago, but delayed his leave until a replacement was found. (Jerusalem Post)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis
(Best of U.S., UK, and Israel):
The postponement of President Bush's address on the Middle East provides an excellent opportunity for shelving the speech altogether. The details that have leaked out on its content assign the address a distinguished place on the junk-pile of previous American plans. When Secretary of State Powell raised the idea of a temporary Palestinian state without first examining the notion's meaning, legal experts in both the State Department and the White House were caught completely off guard. The diplomatic moves are light-years removed from the reality in the field. The chief result of the U.S. initiative was that Israel's determination to achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield has been intensified. (Ha'aretz) Israelis wake up each morning to Russian roulette. Whose turn is it today? How many were murdered? Where? This has to stop, now, and it can be stopped within a short time by doing the following three things, all together: cleansing the PA of fighters and weapons; surrounding Palestinian population centers with a physical barrier; eradication of Arafat's regime of terror. (Maariv) Award-winning researcher and author investigates why Pollard's case was so poorly handled. Legal technicalities and his own provocative conduct appear to be why freedom eludes Jonathan Pollard. (Jewish Week - NY) Even the prospect of a significant shift by Bush in their favor [the awaited speech on a Palestinian state] did not prompt better Palestinian behavior. Terrorism against Israel is an ingrained part of Palestinian conduct. Concessions are seen as a sign of weakness and thus act as a spur to more terrorism that might produce more concessions. (Weekly Standard) Israeli Consul General Alon Pinkus discusses Israel's information efforts and the American media. Camera, ADL, and a PLO representative in the U.S. add their views. (Ha'aretz) Iran Will be Nuclear by the End of the Decade In a recent briefing in Jerusalem, Col. Miri Eisen, head of doctrine in the IDF's Combat Intelligence Corps, offered the following assessments:
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