Fifteen Palestinians suspected of terrorist activities, among them a number of fugitives affiliated with Islamic Jihad and Fatah Tanzim, were arrested by Israeli soldiers. The arrests came as Israeli security officials estimated that only seven of the Palestinian terrorists wanted for their involvement in terror attacks who were incarcerated in Palestinian jails remain in custody. Officials said that of a list of 33 Palestinian fugitives Israel demanded the Palestinian Authority arrest, only 14 were actually arrested. In recent days seven were released from Palestinian jails.
On December 5th (archives aren't fixed yet, darn it) I wrote "Prediction: Arafat has a list of 36 terror leaders; perhaps a dozen will be rounded up and he'll consider the job done. They'll be released shortly after things cool off again." Guess I was wrong. Things have gotten even worse, and they still released them. |