OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: ISRAELI TERROR

Independent: Israel crossed 'all red lines' says Arafat
The Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat denounced Israel's killing of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, declaring a three-day mourning period and saying the Israelis had crossed "all red lines."

"President Arafat and the Palestinian leadership, with national and Islamic factions, condemn the crime of assassinating the hero Sheik Ahmed Yassin and the other brothers killed after praying in the mosque," the Palestinian Authority said in a statement.