David Bedein

In an unprecedented development, an Arab member of Israel's Knesset Parliament, Azmi Bishara, gave a speech in Jordan in which he warned Hamas against making any substantial concessions to win the international community's support.

IRNA, Iran's news agency, reports that Iran, despite its nuclearization policies, is now getting new support from three different directions: The Islamic Development Bank, the South Korean government and the Turkish government.

The six are suspected of involvement in the July 18, 1994 bombing of the Jewish Community Building (AMIA) in Argentina, which killed 85 individuals and wounded several hundred.

Dangerous centrifuge: U.S. officials said most of the intelligence community, particularly the Defense Intelligence Agency, has concluded that Iran was succeeding in assembling and installing gas centrifuges at the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.

The threat was made with the condition of Jews continuing to "invade" the Al Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during this week's Passover holiday.

In a briefing given yesterday to the Israeli cabinet, The Director of Israel Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin warned that Iran, Hezbollah and Syria are preparing for war in the summer.

At his first appearance before the Israel Knesset Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi hinted that the IDF will have to take action soon against Hamas, because the organization is getting stronger.

Rice said that the peacemaking work had become more complicated now, due to the nature of the Palestinian unity government and due to Hamas' refusal to accept the conditions of the Quartet.