1. The likelihood of a genuine cease-fire between the Palestinians and Israel is receding as nobody on the Palestinian side appears ready to implement the first requirement of the Quartet's "road map" – the dismantling of the terrorist infrastructure of the Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Fatah's Tanzim and Al-Aqsa Brigades. The situation is complicated further by the weakness of the Abu Mazen-Dahlen Government, which cannot compete in the Palestinian street with Arafat and his supporters. Arafat's appointment of Jibril Rajoub as his security chief is a clear challenge to Dahlen and may prove the final blow to Abu Mazen. Yet his weakness vis-à-vis Arafat is not the only reason why Abu Mazen and Dahlen have taken no steps against the terrorists. They explained their inaction by their desire not to start a Palestinian civil war, but the truth is they are afraid of the four terrorist groups and have no hope of dealing with them for as long as Arafat is in charge of affairs. For Israel the cease-fire is a very mixed blessing, as it has already led to the restocking of the terrorist groups' arsenals and the neutralization of the progress Israel itself made in destroying part of their infrastructure by military means. It now seems, therefore, that we are back to square one. (See also the P.L.O.
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2. Fifty people were killed and 160 wounded in Bombay, when Moslem terrorists staged two explosions in Bombay's business center last month. This continues a sustained campaign of Moslem terror in India waged chiefly by the Lashkar A-Toiba and the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which has claimed hundreds of Indian casualties over the past two years. There is evidence that the Pakistan secret service ISI is also involved, and this may now lead to further difficulties in the long drawn out peace talks between India and Pakistan. However, many Indians are beginning to understand that, contrary to their previous beliefs, this terrorism is part of a Moslem jihad against Christians, Hindus, Jews and other "unbelievers." It is not connected with the Kashmir problem, and solving this problem will not end it. Like other countries suffering from Moslem terrorism, India faces the dilemma that it can be eradicated only by ruthless police or military action, and that if no such action is taken soon the Hindus may take the law into their own hands. Here as elsewhere no ereHpolitical solution is possible.

What threat does Islam pose on an international level? How should the West respond to the Islamic threat? Is a 'Palestinian' state within the borders of Israel inevitable? These and other questions were recently posed to Yohanan Ramati, Director of the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense . Mr. Ramati is an expert on global affairs, including the threat of Islam. This video will provide an eye-opening view of what is happening in the world today. [Taken from the Tzemach television program. 27 min.]

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