\"There is no documented evidence indicating that the PA has done anything to stop terrorist attacks\" in the last several days.\" So said Deputy Defense Minister Dalia Rabin-Pelossof this morning, responding to widespread Israeli media reports that Palestinian security forces had prevented three major terrorist attacks in the past few days. Ha\'aretz, for instance, reported today, \"A senior officer in military intelligence told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense committee yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had prevented a number of serious terrorist attacks against Israeli targets...\" Rabin-Pelossof explained that there had been \"some confusion over the officer\'s testimony.\" She said that what the officer actually said was that the PA had detained some suspects in the Dolphinarium bombing and that the PA has thwarted some terrorist attacks in the past.



Further corroboration of Rabin\'s statement was provided by PA senior Nabil Sha\'ath, who denied yesterday that the PA had given Israel information enabling it to thwart two potential suicide bombings. Sha\'ath also reiterated that the PA refuses to arrest terrorists.