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To: maceng2 who wrote (14342)	12/21/2001 1:11:03 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Hamas has ordered a halt to suicide bombings and mortar attacks on Israel. Not accurate from what I've heard...Hamas ordered a halt to suicide bombings within Israel; it's still open season in the territories. [NC:.. Possible good news?.. pb] Hamas implemented some of Arafat's previous "cease-fires" the same way. Not big news of itself. Of more interest is the fighting between Hamas and the PA Police in Gaza; any serious move by Arafat against Hamas would spark off internecine fighting; this fighting shows that he has at least begun to get serious, as opposed to the mere play-acting he has done until now. But all bets still say that Arafat will spark two days of fighting, do some back-room deal with Hamas to get them to hush up for the moment, then demand payment from the Western Powers for his good behavior. The Hamas move is a victory for Yasser Arafat, who announced a ban on attacks against Israel during a speech on Sunday, calling them "terrorist activity" for the first time. Yeah, then two days later Arafat gave a speech in Ramallah where he praised the importance of "martyrs" in Jerusalem, saying one there is worth seventy elsewhere...of course ananova didn't cover that speech.

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