Last night\'s meeting with Israeli and PLO security officials was cancelled at the last minute, but CIA head George Tenet has rescheduled it for this evening. It will be held at the joint Israeli-PLO liaison office near Beit El, just north of Ramallah. Israel has already basically accepted Tenet\'s proposals for an agreement for a permanent ceasefire, even though they do not call for the PA\'s dismantling of the terrorist infrastructure. The Palestinian Authority, for its part, initially said that the demand for it to arrest wanted terrorists does not jibe with the Mitchell Report. Later today, PA Secretary Abdel Ahmed Rahman said today that Tenet\'s proposals have some positive elements with which the PA can agree, \"but there are several points that must be corrected in accordance with the Mitchell Report and the Egyptian-Jordanian initiative.\"
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer expressed hope this morning that the American mediating efforts would bear fruit, but \"Israel must also be ready for other possibilities.\"
A high-ranking IDF Intelligence officer, whose name was banned from publication, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today that Arafat\'s weak measures against terrorism of late are \"few and far between,\" insufficient, and prove that he is control of the situation but has not abandoned the path of terrorism.
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer expressed hope this morning that the American mediating efforts would bear fruit, but \"Israel must also be ready for other possibilities.\"
A high-ranking IDF Intelligence officer, whose name was banned from publication, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today that Arafat\'s weak measures against terrorism of late are \"few and far between,\" insufficient, and prove that he is control of the situation but has not abandoned the path of terrorism.