Israelis Maintain Week-Old Grip on Arafat Headquarters
Israeli forces maintained their siege of Yasir Arafat's ruined compound for a seventh day today despite a United Nations resolution demanding their withdrawal, and officials here struggled to parry the resulting foreign criticism.

At a meeting with diplomats in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres was peppered with questions about the purpose of the siege, including pointed queries from the American ambassador, Daniel C. Kurtzer.
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