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| Sharon will convene cabinet to discuss shooting incidents |
| 2001-09-20 |
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that he would convene the entire cabinet in the evening to discuss Israel's response to a series of shooting incidents and attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "I am very sorry that the Palestinian Authority did not stand by its obligations and we will make a decision today how to act," Sharon said. Earlier on Thursday Sharon telephoned U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to tell him that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was not living up to his cease-fire declaration made Monday and repeated on Tuesday. Sharon made the call before one Israeli was killed and one injured in a shooting attack near the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank, but after a series of shooting incidents and attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday. The two agreed to talk again later Thursday. In one attack, two Israelis were moderately injured near Oranit on the Green Line when an explosive device was detonated near their jeep. Overall, though, there has been a marked drop in attacks over the last few days. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |