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To: SOROS who wrote (751)	11/6/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: SOROS	Respond to of 1151

BBC - London - 11//6/98 The blast came at a time when many Israelis were out shopping The Israeli Government has suspended consideration of the Middle East peace accord after a bomb attack on a Jerusalem market killed two people. An official statement, broadcast on Israel Radio, said the government wanted guarantees from the Palestinian Authority that it was fighting a resolute war against terrorism. The bomb exploded as the Israeli cabinet was debating the American-brokered deal under which Israel would return some more occupied territory to the Palestinians, in return for Palestinian commitments on security. The blast, which also injured 17 people, ripped through the Mahane Yehouda market - the same location where several Israelis were killed by a suicide bombing in July. Israeli police are checking a claim made in an anonymous telephone call, which said the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was responsible for the attack. The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, has convened an emergency meeting of his security officials in response to the blast. At the time of the signing of the recent peace agreement, Mr Arafat pledged to make "a 100% effort" to combat violence, but has repeatedly stressed that he cannot guarantee 100% results. A Palestinian spokesman, Hassan Asfour, has condemned the bombing, saying all his colleagues in the Palestinian Authority were against terrorist attacks, whose only aim was to destroy the peace process. Call for US help Another Palestinian official, Nabil Abu Rudeina, called on the United States administration to intervene immediately to help implement the recent agreement between the two sides. Eyewitnesses said a car exploded after crashing into a market stall, next to a bus. One of the two people killed is thought to be the driver of the car, and the other reportedly an Israeli. The market is in West Jerusalem, where the population is predominantly Israeli. The blast came as many people were out shopping before the Jewish sabbath, which begins on Friday. Last week two people were killed in a bomb attack on a bus carrying Israeli schoolchildren.