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August 22, 2003       Share:    

Source: The Americans have expressed satisfaction over the past two days from the growing chaos among the Palestinians. Here, finally, the connection between Abbas and Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin is breaking. The American green light is clear - for the moment. The Americans, meanwhile, don't intend to give up without a fight. They are pressuring the Egyptians over the smuggling tunnels. And the Americans are telling the Palestinians: "You gave a personal promise to the President." But after all the pressure, it seems that the energy is waning. President Bush is no longer with us; his attention is somewhere else. The engine that powered the process is silent. Everything happening now is the result of inertia.

Palestinian Rocket Israel From Gaza; IDF Splits Gaza into Three

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel, Jonathan Lis, Yair Ettinger - Palestinians fired eight Kassam rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Thursday night and Friday. One rocket damaged a house, but there were no injuries. Palestinians also fired 15 mortar shells at the Gush Katif settlement bloc in Gaza Thursday night. Military sources said some of the rockets were fired from areas adjacent to Palestinian police stations, but that the police did not intervene. Friday, the IDF blocked off main roads in the Gaza Strip, effectively separating it into three sections, to stop potential terrorists from travelling along the main north-south axis. On Thursday, 12 members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades wanted by Israel left Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, apparently out of concern for possible IDF action against them.

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