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To: Songwrks who wrote (28046)	5/3/2002 9:47:47 AM
From: art slott	Respond to of 281500

Among the men cited as sources of the information for Israel's accusation against Mr. Arafat was Mr. Barghouti, who is the senior Fatah leader for the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Israeli security officials in recent months have repeatedly accused Mr. Barghouti of masterminding Fatah terrorism and funneling money to Fatah militants, and Israeli forces arrested him last month in Ramallah. In its statement, the Israeli government said that under interrogation Mr. Barghouti had said that he was "personally involved in directing terrorist attacks which resulted in the killing and injuring of scores of Israeli civilians." The Israeli government said "every operative requiring financing" had to fill out a "detailed requisition request" that Mr. Barghouti would then forward to Mr. Arafat, with his own recommendation and signature. It was not clear if the requests spelled out planned terrorist attacks. The Israeli government said Mr. Barghouti had said that "every expense" required Mr. Arafat's approval. Mr. Barghouti, a Hebrew speaker and a public advocate of a two-state peace solution, has called himself a political leader rather than a military one. He has said he approved of attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 war, but that he opposed attacks in pre-1967 Israel. Israel rejects any such distinction. The Israeli government said another militant leader, Nasser Abu Hamid, said under interrogation that Mr. Barghouti "was informed of the details of every operation carried out by himself and his men." It said Mr. Abu Hamid was responsible for several attacks, including attacks inside pre-1967 Israel. Israel also said Ahmed Barghouti, a relative and close aide of the Fatah leader, had "personally dispatched suicide bombers to their terrorist missions, in which dozens of Israeli civilians were killed and hundreds wounded." It did not reveal the source of that information or specify the bombings. NY Times (excerpted)