Earlier last night, a familiar pattern began to emerge when Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer announced several \"relaxations\" of the closure and other measures taken against the Palestinians. Following the Dolphinarium slaughter in Tel Aviv on Friday night, in which a brainwashed young Arab blew himself up in order to kill 19 young Israelis and a tourist, Israel forbade the entry of Palestinian workers and banned the deliver of gas and other supplies into Gaza. Last night, only four nights later, these and other restrictions were partially or fully removed.



The Yesha Council demands that the Defense Minister show that his \"heart is not hardened in light of the baby\'s plight\" and immediately rescind the relaxations. \"The so-called cease-fire is fictitious,\" said the Council, and asked if there is any difference between fatal attacks perpetrated with rocks and those perpetrated with guns or by suicide bombers. The Hevron Jewish Community called on Prime Minister Sharon to \"immediately dismantle the national unity government, and fire the Defense and Foreign ministers who are leading the State of Israel to the brink of disaster. Shimon Peres has wrapped Ariel Sharon around his little finger, and is running the country. He prevented any Israeli reaction to Friday\'s massacre in Tel Aviv. As long as he is a minister in the Sharon government, Oslo will continue and the State of Israel is in jeopardy.\"