Increased Tensions in Palestine

Even after the declaration of the G8 leaders to urge the deployment of the international inspection team to cease the bloody conflicts between the Palestine and the Israel, the bloody clashes between both sides have continued.

According to the Palestinian hospital source, one member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian and two of them were injured by the explosion of a bomb in Nablos, West Bank, July 21. They have been put on the wanted list of the Israeli Security Army.

And a residence of a congressperson of the Labor Party was shot by an anonymous shooter.

According to the Israeli public TV, the Israeli army set an alert to prepare for the possible retaliating attacks of the Palestinian against the residents of the Jewish settlement, who killed three Palestinian in the West Bank of the Jordan River.

The Islam extremist group Hamas distributed the leaflets declaring the retaliation against Israel at the funeral ceremony in which over 10 thousands people participated.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that Israel established the recruiting offices in the 9 major cities over the world for the Israeli tourists and Israeli residents in the foreign nations.

The Palestinian Autonomy Government held a cabinet meeting chaired by Yasser Arafat and emphasized that ``the urgent dispatch of the international Supervisory Team to halt the bloody clashes in Palestine.

Lee Jin-Nyong jinnyong@donga.com