Israel Suspends Ties with Palestinian Authority
Reuters reports that Israel suspended ties with the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, vowing not to resume contacts until the Palestinians arrested those involved in an alleged plot to smuggle a shipload of arms, political sources said. Sharon's move -- a day after a deadly Palestinian raid in southern Israel and hours after the militant group Islamic Jihad said it would no longer adhere to a halt in attacks on Israelis -- further clouded U.S. efforts to end more than 15 months of bloodshed. Submitted for your covenant with many and Jerusalem surrounded files.