Israelis Capture Arafat Deputy in the West Bank
In Jenin today, aid workers and medics gained access to the refugee camp, the scene of the most ferocious fighting of the operation. Mr. Sharon rejected as "a lie" the Palestinian accusation of a massacre in the refugee camp, where the number of dead has not been tallied.

But what Israel did in Jenin has enraged Palestinians, as has the arrest of Mr. Barghouti. In recent interviews and other public remarks, Mr. Barghouti has repeatedly said that he supports attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 war. He has said he opposes attacks on civilians inside pre-1967 Israel.

Mr. Barghouti was arrested and tortured by Israel in the 1970's, and then was deported. He returned in the mid-1980's to become a student leader at Bir Zeit University in Ramallah, before being deported again. He eventually returned to the West Bank as a Palestinian legislator and advocate of the Oslo peace process, and he met regularly with Israeli and American officials.
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