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Saudi Pressure on Arafat has Failed
(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - As part of the U.S.-Saudi agreement reached during Crown Prince Abdullah's April visit to America, Israel acquiesced to Bush's request to lift the siege on Arafat's Ramallah compound, while the Saudis undertook to persuade Arafat to help stop the suicide terrorism. It is now clear that Saudi pressure on Arafat to end the terror strikes has failed. It is also clear to the Saudis that the movement that Arafat heads, Fatah, and its military wing, are directly linked to the terrorism.