Israel Police revealed today that a PA explosives lab, built in the PA headquarters in Hevron that was destroyed ten days ago by IDF forces, had produced some 70 pipebombs and developed rockets that could reach a distance of 150 meters. Jewish homes in Hevron, as is known, are well within that range of Arab homes from every direction. This information was revealed during the interrogation of the builder of the lab, Jordanian resident Na\'l Muhammad Hurani, who was arrested two weeks ago by the IDF.
Operating under the orders of Minister of Public Security Uzi Landau, police shut down the Jerusalem office of Sari Nusseibeh yesterday, packing up and removing the articles inside and changing the locks. Nusseibeh has been serving as PA-leader Yasser Arafat’s representative in Jerusalem. Though his office is said to be part of Al-Kuds University, Landau says that it was used in the service of the Palestinian Authority - in violation of the Oslo Agreements that forbids such activity in Jerusalem.
Israel previously closed the Orient House, the PA\'s headquarters in Jerusalem, following the Sbarro pizzeria suicide bombing last August that claimed the lives of 15 Israelis. US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer expressed some opposition to Israel’s decision to close Nusseibeh’s office, noting that many view Nusseibeh as a moderate. This view flies in the face of a recent report by The Media Line’s Michael Widlanski, which states that during the 1991 Gulf War, Nusseibeh contacted Iraqi intelligence officials to help direct the Scud rocket attacks on Israel.
Operating under the orders of Minister of Public Security Uzi Landau, police shut down the Jerusalem office of Sari Nusseibeh yesterday, packing up and removing the articles inside and changing the locks. Nusseibeh has been serving as PA-leader Yasser Arafat’s representative in Jerusalem. Though his office is said to be part of Al-Kuds University, Landau says that it was used in the service of the Palestinian Authority - in violation of the Oslo Agreements that forbids such activity in Jerusalem.
Israel previously closed the Orient House, the PA\'s headquarters in Jerusalem, following the Sbarro pizzeria suicide bombing last August that claimed the lives of 15 Israelis. US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer expressed some opposition to Israel’s decision to close Nusseibeh’s office, noting that many view Nusseibeh as a moderate. This view flies in the face of a recent report by The Media Line’s Michael Widlanski, which states that during the 1991 Gulf War, Nusseibeh contacted Iraqi intelligence officials to help direct the Scud rocket attacks on Israel.