1. Clinton pulled together the summit over the weekend following several days of bloodshed triggered by the tunnel opening. 2. Israel says that Dr. Gold himself had not been told about the tunnel opening, an explanation that may not be entirely satisfactory to the King. 3. Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who accompanied Elon, said the violence would not deter more tunnel openings. 4. Ahead of the tunnel opening, a small ceremony to bless the tunnel, now equipped with a panoply of safety devices, was held at its center. 5. Israeli security chiefs have warned of possible attacks by Islamic bombers in response to the tunnel opening. 6. Mayor rejects criticism about tunnel opening. 7. The bus crashed at full speed into the wall next to the tunnel opening, the Austria Press Agency reported. 8. Fighting erupted on Wednesday and Thursday when Israeli troops fired on stone-throwing demonstrators protesting the tunnel opening and then engaged in pitched gun battles with Palestinian police. |