Politics

Back-to-back suicide bombings killed at least 14 people in the Middle East Sunday, as world leaders respond to Israel's occupation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's presidential compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

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President Bush demanded Palestinian leader Arafat to publicly do more to end terrorism while calling on the Israeli government to ensure there is a political path to peace as it exerts its right to self-defense.

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Secretary of State Colin Powell called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to end attacks against Israel Friday, and urged Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to show restraint.

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Israeli troops exchanged gunfire with Arafat's security guards in the Ramallah complex, wounding 25 of the leader's bodyguards. Five Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed in the fighting, according to hospital officials.

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Kwame Holman looks into the impact of the new campaign finance law.

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Alon Pinkas, Israel's consul general in New York, discusses his country's military moves against the Palestinian Authority.

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Ray Suarez reports on the Israeli military offensive.

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Thursday he was willing to implement an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, a move that could pave the way toward a U.S.-brokered truce Palestinians rejected earlier in the week.

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Representatives from Arab countries approved a Saudi-backed Mideast peace plan Thursday, agreeing to offer Israel "normal relations" in exchange for an Israeli pullback from disputed territories.

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As Arab leaders debated a proposed Middle East peace plan today during a stormy summit in Lebanon, a deadly suicide bombing in Israel threatened to derail U.S.-backed Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire talks.

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