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יחד - בעיית הזהות של המותג בשוק הפוליטי הישראלי


יאיר אברהם 23/06/2005


"שוק פוליטי" ?? קראתי את המאמר ולמרות הניסוח היפה והמדויק הוא שגוי
ולא מחדש הרבה.
הרבה חברים במקום לשנות את המציאות מתאימים את עצמם למציאות.
זה לא נכון לאמר שה-ליכוד הצלחה גדולה וגם מפלגת העבודה..
ולהציע להצטרף לעדר!
אני מציע לקרוא את הביוגרפיות של גד יעקובי
שם הוא מתאר איך התקבל חוק הבחירה הישירה כאשר הוא התכוון שיהיה
בחירות אזוריות למחצית חברי הכנסת!
לכן הבעיה איננה האם אנחנו נקראים "יחד" או "מרצ"
אלה מציעים פתרונות אמיתיים למערכת הפוליטית הישראלית הגוססת.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Global is good

"The Thatcherite experiment" I read today in Mazowers book about the Failure of Thatcherism. and found this on the Net from LSE.
Britain and Atlantic Liberalism

Certainly, the UK has a system which seems radically different from those found elsewhere on the Continent. Even before the Thatcherite 1980s, British companies followed strategies which were clearly more internationalist and American-oriented than those of their continental brethren. What they added during the 1980s was the ability to tap some of the financial-engineering schemes dreamed up by the City of London. So, while the Japanese attracted most of the publicity (and host ility) for investing in the US during the 1980s, British companies were on balance even more active.

On top of this relative internationalism, the British system has been kept relatively competitive and focussed on the short-term. Its dependence on equity financing is in marked contrast to the picture in much of the rest of Europe. In addition, the openness of British financial markets has meant that Britain has particularly receptive to mergers and acquisitions, and has long been used to dealing with hostile or contested takeover bids. Over the years, then, the British system has evolved to lay down guidelines for matters such as the protection of minority shareholders in bid situations. The nationality of bidders is of decreasing relevance.

What the Thatcherite revolution did to an already relatively open system was to provide a further pro-competitive kick start. Some of the Thatcher government's measures, such as radically reducing the power of the trade union movement, removed some of the countervailing forces to the corporate sector. Others, including the City of London's Big Bang of 1986, increased the chances of hostile takeover bids by creating financial institutions that stood to gain from managing and advising on such activities. The partial deregulation of telecommunications and airlines were, again, also part of liberalising the economic process. Similarly, the massive privatization programme which Mrs Thatcher pioneered was also designed with this in mind.

Arkady Duchin Did It!

Last night I went to Zappa Club and it cost 100 Shekel to hear Arkady Duchin and Zehava Ben.

After Ten fifteen they announced that Zehava is sick and will not be there, I came for Zehava!

But at the end Arkady was excellant, also in Hard Times, Zmanim Kashim!

יש בי אהבה
ביצוע: ארקדי דוכיןמילים ולחן: ארקדי דוכין
בין האפל לנסתרבעולמנו המראומרים שיש עוד תקווהקוראים לזה אהבהומחכים לבואהבין האתמול לעתידבין האוצר לתחתיתאומרים שיש עוד תקווהקוראים לזה אהבהומחכים לבואהבין הבלבול לאסוןתדעו שיש פתרוןקוראים לזה אהבהבין הזיוף לאמתבין כל מה שחי למתישנה אהבהיש בי אהבהוהיא תתעורר ותיגעיש בי אהבהוהיא תנצחבין השפיות לשינהבין הילדות לזקנהאומרים שיש עוד תקווהקוראים לזה אהבהומחכים לבואהבין האתמול לעתיד...

BIGLALECH
BECAUSE OF YOU

Kmo kosem sholef shafan Kmo meltzar she'orech shulchan Ohev otach Kemitabed shekofetz mimigdal Kmo astranaut avud bachalal Ohev otach
Chorus:Biglalech layla lo layla Ech biglalech ani lemata lema'ala Ech biglalech klum lo holech
Kmo kosem sholef shafan Kmo meltzar she'orech shulchan Ohev otach Me'abed et shinuy hamishkal Me'abed et atzmi uvichlal Ohev otach
Biglalech....
Like a magician that takes rabbit out of a hat Like a waiter that sets the table I love you Like some one that jumps off the tower Like an astonaut lost in space I love you
Chorus:Because of you night is not night How because of you I am up and down How because of you nothing works
Like a magician that takes rabbit out of a hat Like a waiter that sets the table I love you Losing my balance Losing myself I love you
Because of you..............

שר האוצר בנימין נתניהו בכינוס של לשכת הליכוד: כל עבודה מכבדת את בעליה. כשאני הייתי סטודנט אני רחצתי משרדים, אני ניקיתי חדרי מדרגות. אני ניקיתי * אני רוצה להחזיר את ז'בוטינסקי למרכז 02/06/2005 23:06 עומר כרמון
שר האוצר, בנימין נתניהו, הודיע הערב (ה', 2.6.05) בכינוס של לשכת הליכוד בתל-אביב כי כשתובא תוכנית ההינתקות להצבעה נוספת בממשלה הוא יצביע נגדה. "אני רוצה להחזיר את ז'בוטינסקי למרכז", אמר. "אני אמרתי שהמהלך החד-צדדי הוא מהלך ללא תמורה. אם אתה נותן אתה צריך גם לקחת. הפלשתינים רוצים לגרש אותנו, הם רואים בנו צלבנים חדשים. כמו שהם דחקו את הצלבנים החוצה ממבצר למבצר, כך הם רוצים לדחוק אותנו ממבצר למבצר עד החוף"."הם הניסו אותנו מלבנון, מניסים אותנו מעזה ויניסו אותנו מיהודה ושומרון ובסוף מפלשתין כולה כי זה מה שהם רוצים וזאת מטרתם הסופית". "אני מצדיע לרמטכ"ל היוצא, רב אלוף משה יעלון, שאומר את הדברים האמיתיים ואמר מה צפוי לנו לאחר הנסיגה", אמר שר האוצר.נתניהו הקדיש את מרבית נאומו למצב הכלכלי: "פגשתי אב שטען באוזני שבנו מהנדס היי-טק מובטל. אמרתי לו שהמדיניות הכלכלית תביא לכך שתהיה צמיחה. הדבר הראשון שיצמח יהיה ההיי-טק, אחר כך יבואו דברים אחרים והבן שלך ימצא עבודה. זה בדיוק מה שקרה בפועל". "הוא אמר עזוב זה סיסמאות. מה אתה יכול להגיד לבן שלי עכשיו? אמרתי לו, אתה רוצה שאני אגיד מה אני יכול להגיד לבן שלך עכשיו, אני אגיד לך מה. לך לעבוד. לך לעבוד. אתה בחור צעיר". "לך תשטוף רצפות, לך תנקה חדרי מדרגות, לך תנקה משרדים. לך לעבוד בכל דבר, לך לעבוד. לך לעבוד. באו הנה פיזיקאים גרעיניים מברית המועצות, באו הנה עולים חדשים מתמטיקאים, באו הנה אנשים עם השכלה. הם למדו וכשהם באו בשנות ה-90', הפרופסורים האלה ניקו. היום הם כבר התמסדו. כל עבודה מכבדת את בעליה. כשאני הייתי סטודנט אני רחצתי משרדים, אני ניקיתי חדרי מדרגות. אני ניקיתי". "צריך לשלב לב עם שכל. המפתח הוא לעשות אבחנה בין אלו שיכולים לעבוד לבין אלו שאינם יכולים. אנחנו עירבבנו את שתי האוכלוסיות האלה ויצרנו טרגדיה".

United Press International: Chase Bank offers no-swipe credit cards: "Chase Bank offers no-swipe credit cards
Published 5/31/2005 10:21 PM

NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- Chase Bank said Tuesday it will offer a credit card that does not to be swiped.
Known as blink cards, the latest cards only need to be held near a sales terminal instead of being swiped or handed to a store employee, just as similar smart cards are used to track subway fares and highway tolls.
Chase, a division of New York investment banking giant JP Morgan Chase, said in a news release that about 1 million blink cards will be made available initially in the Atlanta area alone.
The bank also said blink cards would be time savers, and in tests have worked most efficiently in drive-thru stores, 'where transaction time was reduced by as much as 20 seconds as compared to cash.'
Copyright � 2001-2005 United Press International
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Linux, outside the (x86) box

FBI Aims to Launch New Computer System by 2006

Back Pain Center

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253333873/ref=dp_nav_0/002-3608402-5329651?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&v=glance
The Making of Israeli Militarism
by Uri Ben-Eliezer "The origins of Israeli militarism lie in methods and practices which developed in the military realm during the decade leading up to independence in 1948..." (more)
SIPs: cultural militarism, new military way, kibbutz training groups, ghetto destroyers, militaristic politics (more)

Viewpoint: The State of Laptop Linux - 2005
— Last year I made some waves here at LinuxWorld.com when I published an article recounting my efforts to find a Linux distribution that would work 'out-of-the-box' with my Toshiba laptop. To say that I was profoundly disappointed doesn't begin to describe how I felt when a vocal minority of readers basically accused me of treason. 'How dare I hold Linux to the same standards as Windows! Windows comes installed; Microsoft has it easier! Etc. Etc.'

JSR 168, WSRP, Portlets & Enterprise Portal: Portal Popularity Ranking - February 2005

http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13.htm Marcuse ODM

http://home.cwru.edu/~ngb2/Authors/Marcuse.html
How Difficult it is in industrialised Societies to find People who are Not One Dimensional!
Herbert Marcuse
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man was written in 1964 and can be seen as an analysis of highly developed societies. In it, Marcuse criticizes both communist and capitalist countries for their lack of true democratic processes. Neither type of society creates equal circumstances for its citizens. Marcuse discusses the factors which inhibit criticism and analysis of society. He draws on Marx primarily because his analysis focuses on how the economy limits potential of people.
Marcuse believes that people are not free because they function within systems such as the economy. If people were really free, they would be free from these systems. For example, people would only have to work as little as possible to provide for their needs, not an established amount of time. He states that only when people are free from these systems can they determine what they really need or want. Because we are not yet free, we have "false needs". These needs are exemplified by the range of choices which we are offered in our economy. However, each of these choices reinforces the social norms that now exists. Because each choice has the same result (reinforcement of social norms), there is no real choice. Marcuse says highly advanced societies are welfare/warfare states. Welfare states restrict freedom because they limit free time, access to necessary goods and services, and citizen's ability to realize true self-determination. The warfare state hinders a true analysis of society because it keeps people focused on fighting the "enemy" instead of focused on internal social problems.
Marcuse's analysis of highly advanced societies is accurate and useful. However, he does not provide realistic solutions to the problems he raises. His point seems to be that if societies can learn to use technologies in ways that benefit citizens, instead of restricting them, then the problems of humans will be solved.

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Sharon and Abbas meet

I am Happy Today!!! This is the Report from the Guardian.
Silliest thing I heard on the Radio was that also the Hamas "Changed their Diskette".
Sharon and Abbas meet
AgenciesTuesday February 8, 2005
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders met today at a Middle East summit ahead of an expected joint announcement of a deal aimed at ending more than four years of bloody intifada.
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, and the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, met briefly this morning about two hours after the start of the summit hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort.
Mr Sharon and Mr Abbas smiled broadly as they leaned across a long white table to shake hands as they met for the first time since Mr Abbas succeeded Yasser Arafat after his death in November.
Today was the first high-level direct negotiations between the two sides for more than four years. An invitation last night for both sides to meet separately with the US president, George Bush, at the White House this spring added extra momentum.
Mr Abbas was expected to declare an end to violence against Israelis, while Mr Sharon was expected to declare an end to Israeli military operations, contingent on a halt of Palestinian violence.
Ahead of the announcement, some details of the deal emerged from officials on both sides. Gideon Meir, a senior official in the Israeli foreign ministry revealed that the agreement, due to be announced later today, would be a verbal pledge to stop the violence - which has claimed more than 4,500 lives in the last four years - rather than a written document.
Mr Meir also revealed that Israel will accept that in the short term the Palestinian Authority will not actively crack down on militant groups, which Mr Abbas has persuaded to agree to a ceasfire for the last fortnight. However, in the long term, Mr Meir said a crackdown was needed because otherwise "the Palestinian terrorist organisations will have the ability to derail the peace process".
Speaking in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Zahar, a spokesman for the Palestinian militant group Hamas, struck a cautionary note, saying the group, which has been responsible for hundreds of attacks against Israelis over the past four years, would evaluate the summit before committing itself to halting its campaign of violence. He said: "We agreed before with Mahmoud Abbas that if he succeeds to achieve our national goals, he should come back to the Palestinian factions to discuss the issue, and after that we will decide our stand."
Speaking today, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said possible prisoner releases were also on the summit agenda, but any negotiations toward a final peace deal must wait until later. Mr Erekat said the agreement included the establishment of joint committees: one to determine criteria for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, and the other to oversee the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian cities on the West Bank.
Mr Meir said that after Mr Sharon's declaration of an end to military operations, the two sides would go back to operating as they did before the 2000 outbreak of fighting: In Palestinian-controlled areas, including most of Gaza and eventually most West Bank towns, the Israelis would co-ordinate with Palestinian security forces if they wanted to arrest someone.
Ranaan Gissin, one of Mr Sharon's senior advisers said: "Israel is willing to go very far and we're going to introduce today a package of confidence-building measures, incentives, to the Palestinians so that they could start this long journey on the road to peace."
The adviser added that "there's one thing that must be made very clear ... there will be no flexibility whatsoever, no compromise whatsoever on fighting terrorism".
Speaking in Rome, the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, today reiterated her optimism about the summit and said that there "seems to be a will in the Middle East because people want to live in a different kind of Middle East".
However despite the hopes surrounding the summit, in the hours before it began there was tension in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said Palestinians opened fire on an Israeli military vehicle moving along the security fence surrounding the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements. No injuries or damage were reported.
Israeli troops also arrested two Hamas members near the West Bank town of Jenin, the army said, adding that this arrest, like others in the past 10 days, was carried out with the specific approval of the army chief, Lieutenant General Moshe Yaalon. Israelis also briefly sealed off the West Bank town of Nablus, preventing Palestinians from leaving.

I now have g-mail thanks to Russian Programmer in Holland

Here I am at University, As Usual so much Happening,
What Should I do next?

Google Desktop Security Warning Issued
By Susan Kuchinskas
November 11, 2004


UPDATED: Two analysts issued independent warnings today suggesting Google's Desktop Search tool -- released in October -- poses security risks for the enterprise.

The most significant threat is when desktop search is used while connected to a virtual private network (VPN), according to Dana Hendrickson, an analyst with VPN Central.

In a similar alert issued to Meta Group clients, analyst Timothy Hickernell wrote, "Companies must be aware of potential security risks posed by enterprise installation and must adopt appropriate end-user guidelines based on testing within standard corporate end-user environments."

Hickernell told internetnews.com that the desktop will be the next battlefront in the search engine wars -- and a new front in the battle for corporate security.

Google Desktop Search lets users search documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, instant messages and Web pages that have been visited by that PC. To enable this, it creates cached versions of Web content -- which could include sensitive corporate information stored on servers and accessed via a Web interface.

A Google spokesperson said the company was looking into it.

Enterprises often allow mobile workers to connect to the corporate network using secure VPNs via their home computers, hotel business centers, a customer site or Internet kiosks found at airports and cafes.

Hickernell said that if the person who downloaded the desktop search tool has administrative rights to the local machine, the tool also could search any drives attached to the machine, for example, a departmental drive or server. When the tool indexes local files, it will also index the remote files if the PC is connected long enough.

Then, he said, "Another user can come behind you and see the cached copy of the content."

"Any time you provide a tool that makes it convenient to move information, people will move more of it," Hendrickson told internetnews.com.

Hendrickson's warning came attached to a product release from Whale, a secure VPN vendor. Whale said its remote access product will let corporate IT managers detect whether the Google Desktop Search tool is running -- and either kill it or control it.

Google Desktop Search asks users at installation what kinds of files should be indexed. They can omit their Web histories and also secure HTTPS pages. They also can change the options at any time after the install.

But Joseph Sternberg, director of technical services for Whale Communications, said that administrators can't rely on their users to do the right thing.

"Security needs to be implemented at the enterprise. IT administrators need to ensure the system is secure."

Microsoft's (Quote, Chart) MSN and Ask Jeeves (Quote, Chart) have promised to release their own desktop search tools before the end of 2004, and Hickernell believes Yahoo (Quote, Chart) will follow suit. There also are several standalone products on the market. While these apps are targeted to consumers, Hickernell said, corporate users will inevitably download them.

Whale said it had identified 10 more desktop indexing tools that pose security risks by caching confidential information. The company didn't list them, but said it's working to upgrade its gateways to add the detection and control features.

Whale's administration tools let IT managers set policies for desktop search tools, for example, making rules about what applications or systems can be accessed while the toolbar is running.

"Corporations need to get ahead of this," Meta Group's Hickernell said. "They need to test these tools and be aware of the security implications with Google Desktop Search."

Smart Card market explodes

October 05, 2004, 16:57

The smart card industry is poised for an unprecedented explosion in South Africa, with three large-scale rollouts set to begin in 2005 and several more waiting in the wings.

More than 50-million smart cards are expected to be issued in 2004 and 2005 combined. And, by 2009, more than 100-million smart cards will be in active use in South Africa. These are the key findings contained in the Smart Card Trends and Deployment in SA 2004 report, released today by World Wide Worx and Razor’s Edge Business Intelligence.

The report focuses on what are known as “memory cards” and “microprocessor cards”, which are in effect plastic cards containing a small microchip. Memory cards allow only for the storage of data, whereas microprocessor cards allow for information to be added, deleted or manipulated. Both types are also known as chip cards, thanks to the computer chip embedded in the card.

From January 1, 2005, all new credit and debit cards issued in South Africa are required to be smart cards, meaning a roll-out of a minimum of about 12-million smart cards to banking customers over the next five years. The single biggest smart card project this country will see, however, will be the new Home Affairs National Identification System, known as HANIS, which will require the replacement of identity documents with around 30-million smart cards – one for every eligible South African – during the same five-year period.

Telkom and the mobile network operators are expected to add another 20-million cards in 2005 alone, through the issue of new prepaid and SIM cards, while all pension payments handled by the Department of Social Welfare are expected to move to a smart card system from 2005 onward, following successful projects in most provinces.

“More than a third of all South Africans already hold a smart card in their hands indirectly, thanks to the SIM cards in their cellular phones,” says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx. “Now they will start getting to grips with the card itself as it becomes an everyday tool.”

More secure than any other technology
The reason for the explosion in smart card usage is simple: it is more secure than any other identification technology that is economically viable and available, can contain updateable information ranging from personal details to fingerprints to identification photos, and is far less prone to forgery than existing systems.

Says Bruce Conradie, MD of Razor’s Edge Business Intelligence, “We will begin to see an unprecedented range of applications for smart cards from 2005 onward, starting with the telecommunications cards we already have and extending to financial services. But it won’t be long before almost every service that requires some form of identification or secure payment will take advantage of smart card technology.”

The massive smart card rollout will require major upgrading an acquisition of new equipment – all retailers who accept cards will have to be ready for smart cards next year – as well as a clear understanding of what smart card technology is best for what purpose.

“Not only do we have memory cards and microprocessor cards, but each of these offers two different categories of technology,” says Conradie. “Contact cards and contactless smart cards dictate what kind of card reader has to be in use, since contact cards must be inserted into a reader, or swiped, while contactless cards only have to be passed near the reader.”

Contactless cards have both a microchip and an antenna embedded in the card, which allows for it to be detected at a small distance by the reader. Many South Africans already use such technology without realising it, for accessing restricted areas, paying for road tolls, or managing agricultural stock control.

“The most promising applications we have seen so far involve pension payouts,” says Goldstuck. “It shows how the technology can be used today by the most disadvantaged members of our society in the remotest areas and with a minimum of information at their disposal. Imagine how much more it can do for South Africans in the future.” - World Wide Worx

Subject: From Beer Sheva to Hebron and Gaza...


Following is a report from Haaretz Today,
It is difficult to talk when the victims are not buried yet.
But I want to point out that this is no good for the Israelis
and the Palestinians!!!
I was in Beer Sheva in Better times when Anwar Saadat of Egypt
visited in 1978. Just there at Municipality of Beer Sheva.
I was there with "Peace Now".
Hope Beer Sheva sees Better times again.
Another point I want to make is the fact that both Palestinians and
Israelis are not able to make Rational Policy that is wanted by Most
Israelis and Palestinians.
But I do not give up Hope.
Shmuel Cohen Tel-Aviv
Last update - 09:04 01/09/2004
Be'er Sheva bus bombers were part of Hamas cell in Hebron
By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents

The current local head of the terror cell that dispatched the
suicide bombers who carried out Tuesday's attack in Be'er Sheva was
also responsible for the attempted attack at the Caffit Cafe in
Jerusalem two months ago.

The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility in a leaflet that
surfaced in Hebron, 50 km north of the southern Israeli city, saying
the attacks were meant to avenge Israel's assassination of its two
top leaders in helicopter missile strikes in March and April.

"Our religion orders us to respond in kind to aggression against
us," it said. "This is but one of a series of responses which the Iz
a Din al-Kassam Brigades have vowed to carry out in response to the
martyrdom of the leaders of our movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and
Abdel Aziz Rantisi."

Muslim leaders in the Gaza Strip praised the double suicide attack
over mosque loudspeakers, calling it a "heroic operation."

In a new style, the leaflet, which called the attacks a "gift" to
striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, used elements of
psychological warfare directed to Israeli citizens.

"You [Israelis] were mistaken if you thought that killing our
leaders would lessen our determination," the leaflet said. "Your
leaders have harmed our people. You are the ones who choose your
leaders and choose to be their shields. Therefore your shields will
suffer more blows.

"This is a gift to the newcomers who recently arrived to our land,"
it added, in a reference to recent wave of Jewish immigration to
Israel. "We say to you: This is your fate, so we advise you to
reconsider."

The two suicide bombers, Ahmed Kawasma and Nisim Jabri, had
apparently known each other for several years, and coordinated the
attacks almost completely.

The two are members of the two most prominent clans in Hebron, the
Kawasmas and the Jabris.

Ahmed Kawasma owned an aluminum products store in Hebron, while
Nisim Jabri is a construction worker and lives near Kiryat Arba.
Jabri's close relatives, well-known Fatah members in Hebron, accused
Hamas of brainwashing Jabri.

A few hours after the Be'er Sheva attack, IDF forces raided the
homes of the two suicide bombers and arrested several relatives.
Kawama's home was destroyed overnight Tuesday.

The terror cell that dispatched Kawasma and Jabri is headed by a
relative of Kawasma, Imad Kawasma, head of the military wing of
Hamas, Iz a-Din al-Qassam, in Hebron. He has been on the IDF's most-
wanted list since the beginning of 2003. In recent months the IDF
raided his family's home several times, but did not arrest him.

The organization is very compartmentalized, which makes it difficult
to apprehend its leaders. In contrast to terror cells in other
cities in the West Bank, the Hebron cell, as well as the cell in
Ramallah, usually avoids mistakes that reveal their whereabouts to
Israeli forces. When they carry out a successful attack, their
leaders go underground.

Imad Kawasma is considered heir to the founders and heads of the
Hebron terror cells, Abdullah Kawasma and Ahmed Badr, who were
killed by the IDF last year.

Hamas attacks over the past two years were all carried out by the
Hebron Iz al-Din al-Qassam cell. In October 2003, more than 100
members of the Kawasma family and others were arrested in an attempt
to put a stop to the activities of the cell, which have resulted in
the deaths of over 80 Israelis.

While elsewhere in the West Bank the IDF has relatively good
intelligence sources, they are more or less groping in the dark when
it comes to Hebron. Last year, after a concerted effort, security
forces managed to paralyze both Hamas and Islamic Jihad. With
Tuesday's attack, the paralysis came to an end.

Hamas in the Gaza Strip is trying to overcome its difficulty
penetrating Israel. It is seeking alternative routes into Israel,
among them tunnels in Rafah to Sinai and from there to the Negev.

The attack in Be'er Sheva was apparently not coordinated with Hamas
in the Strip. There apparently was also no connection between the
Be'er Sheva attack and the attempted suicide bombing at the Erez
checkpoint before dawn Tuesday.

Earlier Tuesday, before the Be'er Sheva attack, Palestinian
Authority officials said that the PA had issued an ultimatum to
Hamas in the Gaza Strip to surrender the three Hamas members whom it
accuses of an attempted assassination against the deputy commander
of the PA's general intelligence in the Strip, Tareq Abu Rajab. PA
sources say the three Hamas members have taken shelter in the
Strip's Jabalya refugee camp.