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Politics : The Palestinian Hoax -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (2652)	9/20/2002 4:52:46 PM
From: David Alon	Respond to of 3467

Maybe len and eddie can help out, as it doesn't look like anybody else cares,http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63654,00.html RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat, caught in the tightest Israeli chokehold yet, pleaded for the world's help after troops blew up buildings in his compound Friday and started digging a deep trench and running coils of barbed wire around his office. The White House urged Israel to show restraint, suggesting that too harsh a reprisal for a homicide bombing claimed by Arafat's Islamic militant rivals would upset efforts to reform the Palestinian Authority and secure a truce. However, it appeared the siege would not end quickly. Israel said troops would withdraw only after the surrender of 20 wanted men holed up in the compound, including West Bank intelligence chief Tawfik Tirawi, who is accused of involvement in shooting attacks against Israelis. Arafat's aides said he would not hand over anyone from his entourage. Late Friday, Israeli bulldozers began demolishing a second-floor walkway linking the two parts of Arafat's office building, effectively cutting him off from most of his security forces, Arafat aide Nabil Abu Rdeneh said. Abu Rdeneh said Arafat and a few close associates, along with about 20 wanted men, were in one part of the building. Those inside feared the building could collapse as a result of the walkway's demolition, he said.