Israel's Collective Punishment

The Israeli Defence Minister, Binyamin Ben Eliezer, demonstrated a fleeting insight into the futility of meeting Palestinian terror with violence when he acknowledged last week that Israel's military operations have, themselves, become ``an incubator of terror". Yet, at the weekend Israeli forces re-occupied much of the West Bank, backed by new plans for yet more punitive measures against the Palestinians, including the deportation of the families of suicide bombers and the razing of their homes. Unfor

Israeli Minister Says Army Action Fuels Terrorism

Israel's Defence Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, has warned that the country's military operations have become ``an incubator of terror", exploited by Palestinian leaders to recruit more volunteers for suicide bombing missions.

Israeli Minister Warns Attacks Breeding More Bombers

Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has warned that Israel's military operations have become "an incubator of terror" that Palestinian leaders are exploiting to recruit more volunteers for suicide bombings.