The head of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security service said the Palestinian security service in the Gaza Strip has turned into a bona fide terrorist organization. Avi Dichter also told a Cabinet meeting that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat has no interest in ordering a cessation of the violence.
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