Qatar\'s Al-Jazeera television station reports that Gen. Anthony Zinni wants to quit his job as Middle East mediator - because he no longer believes in Yasser Arafat\'s promises to calm the violence. Sources in the U.S. Embassy in Israel acknowledged that Zinni would not be returning to the area as soon as had been planned because of the ongoing violence, but added, \"As far as we know, his mission continues.\"



Arafat himself was quoted yesterday as saying that he is willing to \"fight and die\" for the sake of Jerusalem and a Palestinian state.