\"Contacts,\" but not \"negotiations,\" are continuing with the Palestinians, despite the ongoing Palestinian violence against Israel. Uri Shani, head of the Prime Minister\'s Bureau, clarified today that it is important to keep up a continuous connection with the Palestinian Authority - but that, in keeping with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\'s promise and policy, Israel would not conduct negotiations with the PA until the violence ceases.
The PLO has disseminated a call to murder any Israeli journalist entering Palestinian-controlled territories. PA Preventive Security Chief Jibril Rajoub recently called up a Druze reporter for Israeli TV, Kaid Zahar, and personally threatened to murder him. PLO Tanzim terrorist leader Marwan Bargouti said on Friday that any Israeli journalist entering PLO-controlled areas would not leave alive.
The Unified Intifada Leadership of the Intifada has decreed that this coming Wednesday and Friday will be \"Days of Rage.\" The first day will express rage at the closure, and Friday will be a day of fury on behalf of \"Arab Jerusalem.\" The leadership calls on Arabs throughout Judea and Samaria to arrive at the Temple Mount for Friday prayers.
An internal Fatah organization journal writes, \"There is no alternative to a long-term armed conflict between the Palestinian Authority and the Sharon government.\" The paper states, \"The two sides differ on all the issues, the gaps are great, and there is no chance to bridge them… Israel is acting to liquidate all that which was achieved in Camp David and Taba.\" Fatah proposes that the Palestinians support a long-term popular war, which is the best option for us to fight Sharon. We must use the intifada in the proper way in order to defeat the Sharon government.\"
The PLO has disseminated a call to murder any Israeli journalist entering Palestinian-controlled territories. PA Preventive Security Chief Jibril Rajoub recently called up a Druze reporter for Israeli TV, Kaid Zahar, and personally threatened to murder him. PLO Tanzim terrorist leader Marwan Bargouti said on Friday that any Israeli journalist entering PLO-controlled areas would not leave alive.
The Unified Intifada Leadership of the Intifada has decreed that this coming Wednesday and Friday will be \"Days of Rage.\" The first day will express rage at the closure, and Friday will be a day of fury on behalf of \"Arab Jerusalem.\" The leadership calls on Arabs throughout Judea and Samaria to arrive at the Temple Mount for Friday prayers.
An internal Fatah organization journal writes, \"There is no alternative to a long-term armed conflict between the Palestinian Authority and the Sharon government.\" The paper states, \"The two sides differ on all the issues, the gaps are great, and there is no chance to bridge them… Israel is acting to liquidate all that which was achieved in Camp David and Taba.\" Fatah proposes that the Palestinians support a long-term popular war, which is the best option for us to fight Sharon. We must use the intifada in the proper way in order to defeat the Sharon government.\"