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Suicide attacks, Israeli retaliatory strikes bring Middle East crisis to boiling point

A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a Jerusalem hotel Dec. 5, killing himself, injuring two bystanders and further shaking a city already nervous after a wave of deadly attacks.

The blast followed two days of Israeli military strikes targeting Gaza and the West Bank. Two Palestinians were killed Dec. 4, and three missiles hit 50 meters from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office in the West Bank

Arafat was not hurt, and said later in a CNN interview that the Israelis "don't want me to succeed" in a campaign against militants.

The bombings were Israel's response to Suicide attacks by Islamic militants that killed 25 people in Jerusalem and the northern port city of Haifa on Dec. 2. The attacks brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a new level of crisis

Fearing large-scale Israeli retaliation after the Dec. 2 suicide attacks, Arafat declared a state of emergency and arrested more than 100 militants

Israeli officials said that the arrests were just for show.

A crisis was also brewing inside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's own government. The moderate Labor Party, which hopes to mend ties with Arafat, scheduled two meetings Dec. 5 to consider pulling out of the government.

Shukan ST: Dec. 14, 2001

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