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Israel attacks: multiple targets hit.
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Tuesday, 31 October, 2000, 01:54 GMT
Rockets blast Arafat
offices
Fatah's office in Ramallah was badly damaged in the
attack
Israeli helicopter gunships have fired rockets at
offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's
Fatah movement in several locations in the
West Bank and Gaza.
The assault is reported to be the heaviest
since rocket attacks first brought an
escalation of the conflict earlier in October,
though there are no reports of casualties.
The BBC's Hilary
Andersson says that
the conflict seems to
be entering a new
stage in which Israel is
prepared to unleash
heavy weapons on a
daily basis.
Targets were hit in the West Bank towns of
Nablus and Ramallah, as was a building used by
Mr Arafat's Force 17 militia in Khan Yunis,
Gaza.
Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh
said the attacks were intended as a warning
for Palestinians "since (they) are beginning to
wage something that approximates a guerrilla
war".
Over the weekend had Fatah called for an
escalation of the Palestinian protests.
Government survives
Earlier on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak defended his minority government at the
first session of the Israeli parliament, the
Knesset, since the Palestinian uprising broke
out a month ago.
In a bad-tempered
opening debate, Mr
Barak told deputies
that peace with the
Palestinians was still
possible but he had no
partner "who is ready
for compromise at this
time".
Mr Barak has failed to
form a coalition with
the right-wing
opposition Likud party,
but his government is
expected to survive for
a month thanks to
temporary support from
the ultra-Orthodox
Shas in the light of the
current "national
emergency".
Mr Barak currently controls a 30-member
coalition in the 120-seat Knesset, far less than
the broad-based 68-member majority he built
after his landslide election victory in May 1999.
Walkout
Responding to the prime minister's speech,
Likud leader Ariel Sharon criticised Mr Barak for
making Israel "appear weak" by continuing to
seek peace through the so-called Oslo
peace-process.
He said he would join
Mr Barak's coalition if
he the prime minister
abandoned this
"mistaken path".
Mr Barak said a window
of opportunity was
closing for his
government's peace
negotiations.
He addressed some
remarks directly to
Yasser Arafat, the
Palestinian leader: "You should know you will
achieve nothing through violence.
"You will find us united against violence," he
continued.
Both party leaders were heckled repeatedly
during their speeches. Some Arab deputies
walked out during Mr Barak's in protest against
the killing of more than a dozen Israeli Arab
citizens in the uprising.
In all about 150 people have been killed in
clashes between Palestinian protesters and
militiamen and the Israeli army. Fewer than 10
of them have been Israeli Jews.
Escalation
Monday saw the first killings of Jews in
Israeli-occupied Arab east Jerusalem since the
violence began.
A gunman entered an Israeli Government
building and shot two armed security guards in
the head. One guard died, the second was in a
serious condition.
In a separate development, the body of a
Jewish man was found near the Gilo Jewish
settlement in east Jerusalem. It was riddled
with bullet holes and stab wounds, Israeli
police said.
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Rockets blast Arafat
offices
Fatah's office in Ramallah was badly damaged in the
attack
Israeli helicopter gunships have fired rockets at
offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's
Fatah movement in several locations in the
West Bank and Gaza.
The assault is reported to be the heaviest
since rocket attacks first brought an
escalation of the conflict earlier in October,
though there are no reports of casualties.
The BBC's Hilary
Andersson says that
the conflict seems to
be entering a new
stage in which Israel is
prepared to unleash
heavy weapons on a
daily basis.
Targets were hit in the West Bank towns of
Nablus and Ramallah, as was a building used by
Mr Arafat's Force 17 militia in Khan Yunis,
Gaza.
Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh
said the attacks were intended as a warning
for Palestinians "since (they) are beginning to
wage something that approximates a guerrilla
war".
Over the weekend had Fatah called for an
escalation of the Palestinian protests.
Government survives
Earlier on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak defended his minority government at the
first session of the Israeli parliament, the
Knesset, since the Palestinian uprising broke
out a month ago.
In a bad-tempered
opening debate, Mr
Barak told deputies
that peace with the
Palestinians was still
possible but he had no
partner "who is ready
for compromise at this
time".
Mr Barak has failed to
form a coalition with
the right-wing
opposition Likud party,
but his government is
expected to survive for
a month thanks to
temporary support from
the ultra-Orthodox
Shas in the light of the
current "national
emergency".
Mr Barak currently controls a 30-member
coalition in the 120-seat Knesset, far less than
the broad-based 68-member majority he built
after his landslide election victory in May 1999.
Walkout
Responding to the prime minister's speech,
Likud leader Ariel Sharon criticised Mr Barak for
making Israel "appear weak" by continuing to
seek peace through the so-called Oslo
peace-process.
He said he would join
Mr Barak's coalition if
he the prime minister
abandoned this
"mistaken path".
Mr Barak said a window
of opportunity was
closing for his
government's peace
negotiations.
He addressed some
remarks directly to
Yasser Arafat, the
Palestinian leader: "You should know you will
achieve nothing through violence.
"You will find us united against violence," he
continued.
Both party leaders were heckled repeatedly
during their speeches. Some Arab deputies
walked out during Mr Barak's in protest against
the killing of more than a dozen Israeli Arab
citizens in the uprising.
In all about 150 people have been killed in
clashes between Palestinian protesters and
militiamen and the Israeli army. Fewer than 10
of them have been Israeli Jews.
Escalation
Monday saw the first killings of Jews in
Israeli-occupied Arab east Jerusalem since the
violence began.
A gunman entered an Israeli Government
building and shot two armed security guards in
the head. One guard died, the second was in a
serious condition.
In a separate development, the body of a
Jewish man was found near the Gilo Jewish
settlement in east Jerusalem. It was riddled
with bullet holes and stab wounds, Israeli
police said.
Search BBC News Online
Advanced search options
BBC ONE TV NEWS
WORLD NEWS SUMMARY
BBC NEWS 24 BULLETIN
PROGRAMMES GUIDE
Click for full
coverage
Key stories
Separation prospects
Q&A: The basics
The dangers ahead
Eyewitness
Hebron: Ghost town
Living on the front line
Wider picture
Palestinian militias
West Bank's hero
West in danger
AUDIO VIDEO
Best of BBC coverage
INTERACTIVE
Land and Conflict map
Key Issues
TALKING POINT
Add your views
FORUM
Jeremy Bowen
answers your
questions
See also:
30 Oct 00 | Media reports
Barak and Sharon
slug it out
12 Oct 00 | Middle East
Israel hits back
after killings
29 Oct 00 | Middle East
Fatah vows to
fight on
21 Oct 00 | Middle East
UN condemns
'excessive force'
24 Oct 00 | Middle East
Ariel Sharon:
Controversial
hardliner
30 Oct 00 | Middle East
Shas: Breaking
the Israeli mould
Internet links:
UN Security
Council
Amnesty
International
Israeli Prime
Minister's Office
UN High
Commissioner for
Human Rights
Palestinian
National Authority
Israel Defence
Forces
US State
Department
The BBC is not responsible for
the content of external
internet sites
Other top Middle
East stories:
Rockets blast
Arafat offices
Oil steady as
Opec lifts output
Battered US
warship heads
home
Row over mystery
mummy
Dubai launches
Internet City
Japan crowned
kings of Asia
Egypt aid flight
latest to Iraq
Living on the
front line
Links to top Middle
East stories are at
the foot of the
page.
Links to other Middle East stories
^^ Back to top
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