Contrary to statements by U.S. President Bush and Secretary of State Powell that Palestinian violence against Israelis has been decreasing, there was actually a 39% increase in the number of attacks during the 25 days after Arafat declared his \"cease-fire\", as compared to the 25 days beforehand. So reports the Zionist Organization of America, based on a just-completed analysis of the violence of this period. The ZOA found that there had been 266 terrorist attacks against Israelis between June 2, when Arafat announced his \"cease-fire,\" and June 26, when Bush stated that \"there has been progress\" in reducing the violence. In contrast, there were only 191 such attacks during the 25 days beforehand. The number of murder victims did decline, however; eight people were murdered in the latter period, compared to 17 beforehand. [The Dolphinarium slaughter occurred on the night of June 1, and is not included in these statistics.]