Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Arafat Appeals for Global Help
Mohammed Dahlan, a Palestinian security chief in Gaza, said the meeting with Powell proved fruitless. ``It is clear that the Americans have legitimized the aggressive style of the Israeli government,'' he said. The Americans ``could not even force Israel to move their tanks from in front of Arafat's office.''

In the northern West Bank, meanwhile, the army conducted searches and arrested suspects in the villages of Silat a-Hartia, northwest of Jenin, and Balaa, east of Tulkarem, a spokesman said. In Balaa, Palestinian doctors said a Palestinian was shot dead on his rooftop by gunfire when troops moved in.

Overnight, Israeli forces sealed off the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiyah in Jerusalem, removing residents and searching their homes. Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said two men were arrested before the operation ended early Wednesday.

Residents said men were taken to a gas station and women and children to a school. Police imposed a nearly 18-hour curfew -- rarely done inside Jerusalem's city limits.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html

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