Prime Minister Sharon convened his Security Cabinet shortly after the blast to discuss Israel\'s response. The Cabinet had been scheduled to meet in any event to discuss how Israel would handle renewed threats by the Hizbullah terrorist organization to launch a second Oslo War front along Israel\'s northern border. IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. Aharon Ze\'evi Farkash said last night that Hizbullah has thousands of weapons deployed along the Lebanese-Israeli border, including long-range katyushas rockets, and that they are just waiting for an excuse to open fire. Prime Minister Sharon opened today\'s meeting by asking the ministers \"not to get over-riled up on a day like today.\"
Minister Effie Eitam (National Religious Party), a Brig.-Gen. (res.), said that Israel must take over all PLO-controlled areas until they are totally purified of the terrorist infrastructure, and expel Arafat. Opposition leader MK Yossi Sarid (Meretz) said that the ones to blame for the attacks are certainly the terrorists, \"but the Israeli government is also responsible\" for not coming up with a diplomatic initiative.
Minister Effie Eitam (National Religious Party), a Brig.-Gen. (res.), said that Israel must take over all PLO-controlled areas until they are totally purified of the terrorist infrastructure, and expel Arafat. Opposition leader MK Yossi Sarid (Meretz) said that the ones to blame for the attacks are certainly the terrorists, \"but the Israeli government is also responsible\" for not coming up with a diplomatic initiative.