Jerusalem Post leads with speculation about what PA head Arafat would do if forced to leave the Palestinian Authority controlled areas. It s believed the money is sitting in a Swiss account.
Sources say the plan was hatched before the Palestinian uprising began.
Meantime, Prime Minister Sharon says the security ring around the Palestinian city of Ramallah is needed to thwart a terrorist attack on Jerusalem, adding that the IDF is trying to prevent members of a terror cell from leaving Ramallah. Nevertheless, the blockade was lifted on four other cities in the West Bank, including Bethlehem and Hebron. Israel s police reportedly prevented a terror attack Monday evening when they captured a Palestinian in Beit Shemesh whom they say was about to detonate a car bomb using a mobile phone. Beit Shemesh was also the scene Monday of a schoolyard stabbing by a high school senior. Police say the 20-year old stabbing victim, who was not a student at the school, entered the high school grounds and assaulted the 12 th grader over a previous disagreement.