DATE=1/26/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-225831 TITLE=ISRAEL / ARRESTS (S) BYLINE=MARK LAVIE DATELINE=TEL AVIV CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ISRAELI POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO PALESTINIANS THEY SAY WERE PLANNING SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS. MARK LAVIE IN TEL AVIV REPORTS THE ARRESTS FOLLOWED A NATIONWIDE ALERT. TEXT: ISRAELI POLICE SET UP ROADBLOCKS AFTER RECEIVING INFORMATION ABOUT TWO CARS DRIVEN BY PALESTINIANS, ALLEGEDLY ON THEIR WAY TO CARRY OUT BOMB ATTACKS IN JERUSALEM, POSSIBLY MONDAY. TRAFFIC WAS TIED UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UNTIL THE TWO CARS WERE FOUND AND THE PALESTINIANS ARRESTED. YASSER ARAFAT'S PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SAYS ITS SECURITY AGENCY SUPPLIED THE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. THE PALESTINIANS SAY THE TWO ARE MEMBERS OF THE EXTREMIST HAMAS ORGANIZATION. FIVE MONTHS AGO, HAMAS EXTREMISTS CARRIED OUT TWO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE OF JERUSALEM, KILLING 20 PEOPLE. BEFORE WITHDRAWING FROM MORE WEST BANK TERRITORY, ISRAEL DEMANDS THAT THE PALESTINIANS CRACK DOWN ON EXTREMISTS PLANNING TERROR ATTACKS IN ISRAEL. THE PALESTINIANS SAY THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. (SIGNED) NEB/ML/JWH 26-Jan-98 6:21 AM EST (1121 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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