VOL. XLIV

No 32

6 August 2001

ThePolitical Scene

Israels assassination of six Hamas officials (and twoPalestinian children) in Nablus has done little to calm the situation in theoccupied territories.

Israel Assassinates Hamas Officials

Israeli Prime Minister ArielSharons spokesman Ranaan Gissin came up with a new euphemism surgicalinterception to describe the 31 July rocket attack which killed six membersof the Islamic group Hamas in Nablus in the West Bank and two Palestinianchildren who...