MK Mossi Raz (Meretz), former head of Peace Now, agrees that the residents of Yesha are here to stay - more or less. He noted that although his figures say that some 300-400 families have left Judea and Samaria in the past several months, about 1,500 families are planning to move in over the summer. He therefore calls upon the Palestinians to \"understand that you have no chance of scaring the settlers away via terrorism\" - although he does not rule out a negotiated evacuation...

MK Avraham Hirschson (Likud) plans to file suit against Yasser Arafat in the International War Crimes Court in Belgium next week and ask for his arrest. \"I will have no problem proving Arafat\'s responsibility for the murderous shooting attacks of the past months,\" he said. \"Arafat gave the orders to his Force 17 unit and other PA groups.\" The MK said that his move comes in response to the suit against Prime Minister Sharon filed by survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacres perpetrated by Christian Phalangists...

Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has contacted the Peruvian authorities to offer aid as they deal with the aftermath of yesterday\'s earthquake. Some 50 people were killed, and 90% of the buildings in the stricken area collapsed.