No arrests were made of suspected terrorists and/or informants in Judea and Samaria last night, or the night before, for the first time in many months. The only two terrorists arrested since Arafat's funeral were two who were about to embark on a suicide bombing mission - and one of them turned himself in. A senior officer in the IDF Central Command said that this stemmed from a government policy to "reduce friction." The new guidelines do not apply to what is known as a "ticking time bomb," namely, an immediate terrorist threat.
The road to the northern Shomron community of Homesh was closed by military order this afternoon, to enable a delegation of Evacuation Authority officials to visit the town. Homesh is one of the four northern Shomron communities slated for destruction under the disengagement/expulsion plan. Residents of neighboring towns wished to "accompany" the delegation to Homesh, and therefore the IDF took the step of closing the road.
Arafat is dead - Fathi, that is. Yasser Arafat's brother Fathi, who was hospitalized in an Egyptian hospital with stomach cancer, passed away this morning.
The road to the northern Shomron community of Homesh was closed by military order this afternoon, to enable a delegation of Evacuation Authority officials to visit the town. Homesh is one of the four northern Shomron communities slated for destruction under the disengagement/expulsion plan. Residents of neighboring towns wished to "accompany" the delegation to Homesh, and therefore the IDF took the step of closing the road.
Arafat is dead - Fathi, that is. Yasser Arafat's brother Fathi, who was hospitalized in an Egyptian hospital with stomach cancer, passed away this morning.