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In that attack, a bomber sent by the Islamic militant group Hamas blew himself up in a hotel dining room in Netanya crowded with people getting ready for a Passover feast.
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The Arabs presented their proposal as a challenge to Israel to indicate that it is prepared to compromise on long-held beliefs for peace.
Arab leaders support peace plan
BEIRUT, Lebanon — For the first time in the Middle East conflict, the Arab world has come together and agreed on a peace plan that offers Israel normal relations in exchange for a full withdrawal from war-won lands and a Palestinian state.
The Associated Press
The overture adopted yesterday by the Arab League set demands long resisted by Israel—including making east Jerusalem the Palestinian capital and finding a "just solution" for refugees. But it represented a major change in the Arabs' approach to Israel, breaking with the mindset of 23 years ago, when Egypt was shunned for signing a peace treaty with Israel.
The United States welcomed the Arab leaders' unanimous endorsement of the Saudi proposal. "We hope other leaders in the region accept the plan as well," White House spokesman Gordon lohndroe said.
Israel called the proposal "a very interesting development, something that should be pursued." But Israel has reservations, said Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Gissin insisted Arab nations must open "direct negotiations"
with Israel" and underlined Israel's rejection of the return of Palestinian refugees. Sharon has long ruled out a withdrawal to the country's 1967 borders, though he has not specified what he would offer for peace.
U. S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the peace plan, first drawn up by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, "can help shape a more positive environment for peacemaking." The United States is trying to forge a cease-fire in 18 months of Israel-Palestinian violence.
Yasser Arafat said yesterday he was ready to work for "an immediate cease-fire" with Israel. But his
Man jumps to death after shooting spree
The Associated Press
PARIS — The man who killed eight officials at a city council meeting jumped to his death from a police station window yesterday, shocking an already reeling nation and angering those who wanted to see him face trial.
"Our system did not function," said President Jacques Chirac, a conservative who's campaigning for re-election in voting next month.
The president's remarks thrust the early Wednesday drama at Nanterre city hall into the heart of France's presidential campaign
tion joined the president in calling for a close look at France's gun laws.
Hours later at a rally, Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin — Chirac's leading rival in the elec-
Questions were already being raised about how Richard Durn, who was deeply disturbed, was able to obtain semiautomatic pistols and keep them even though his license had expired.
Eight people died and 19 were wounded in the shooting rampage early Wednesday after a six-hour budget meeting. One of the injured remained in serious condition yesterday, said Nanterre Mayor Jacqueline Frayse.
Durn, a 33-year-old unemployed man, used two Glock semiautomatic pistols to gun down officials, some of whom he knew. He also carried a .357 Magnum.
ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday there was "no need for particular concern" as his defense chief criticized the U.S. government for warning that extremists might target Americans in four Italian cities on Easter.
Italian premier says Americans not at risk
The Associated Press
Italy stepped up security, nevertheless, after the State Department warned on Wednesday that a "possible threat exists to U.S. citizens in the cities of Venice, Florence, Milan and Verona on Easter Sunday from extremist groups." It urged Americans to be alert and avoid large crowds.
After a Cabinet meeting yesterday, Berlusconi said Italy was ready to deal with any possible terrorist threat. "We have put anything that can be put on alert on alert," the premier said, "but based on the information we have there is no need for particular concern."
A U.S. official said the warning was based on information
we have put anything that can be put on alert on alert"
Silvio Berlusconi
Premier of Italy
"If you indicate a danger on a date, either the date is right, and to announce it all around it can become a precious signal for the terrorists who will then change their plans, or the date is wrong, and you can't understand why it was made known, frightening people," Martino said in an interview published Thursday in the Rome daily La Repubblica.
developed in cooperation with Italian authorities. But Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino, who commands both defense forces and paramilitary police, said the U.S. decision to issue the warning was "unfortunate and inopportune."
Arafat calls for end to violence in Israel
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Facing a possible military strike, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday he was ready for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire. But he stopped short of declaring a Mideast truce, and Israel reacted with skepticism.
More violence erupted last night when suspected Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Eilon Moreh, a Jewish settlement near the West Bank town of Nablus, killing three people and wounding two, the Israeli military said.
Speaking at a news conference in his West Bank headquarters of Ramallah, Arafat said the Palestinians had informed U.S. envoy Gen. Anthony Zinni of "our readiness for an immediate implementation of the (U.S. truce) plan without any conditions."
Israel said Arafat's statements were not enough.
"I will see the glimmer of hope ... when Arafat starts to take action," Raan Gissin,
"I will see the glimmer of hope ... when Arafat starts to take action."
Raanan Gissin spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
spokesman for Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told CNN. "He has to take real action. Declarations won't do."
Arafat also claimed that the Israelis were planning a major military operation against the Palestinians. The Israelis have warned they are prepared to retaliate for a suicide bombing Wednesday that killed 20 people at a seafront hotel.
"Unfortunately, there are some aggressive preparations by the Israelis to do a wide military operation against our civilians; our cities and our refugee camps." Arafat said.
Zimbabwean journalist jailed for investigation
The Associated Press
Peta Thornycroft, a Zimbabwean working for The Daily Telegraph, was not formally charged after her arrest Wednesday, her lawyer, Tapiwanasha Kujinga told The Associated Press.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Empowered by sweeping new security laws, authorities arrested a journalist working for a British newspaper after she investigated reports of violence by rulling-party militants, she and her lawyer said yesterday.
Police indicated they would seek charges of reporting falsely on political violence and with incitement to public violence, Kujinga said. The charges are punishable by up to five years in
prison.
Thornycroft, 57, was investigating reports of violence by members of Mugabe's ruling party against supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Chimanimani. Police had no immediate comment on her arrest.
Thornycroft, speaking on her lawyer's mobile phone described allegations against her as "preposterous."
"To arrest journalists is a fun damental assault on one of the pillars of democracy — the freedom of speech and information," she said Thursday.
She denied doing anything illegal and said she was having a cup of tea in Chimanimani when she was arrested.
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