IDF Chief of Staff Mofaz says that the Palestinians are making preparations for an extended military conflict with Israel. They are acquiring weapons, disseminating them throughout Judea and Samaria, and \"more and more Palestinians are entering the circle of violence.\" His deputy, Maj.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon says that the security cooperation meetings Arafat and his men are holding with Israel are merely a \"tactic,\" and that Arafat has not made a decision to stop the violence.