Palestinian Leader Arafat Offers New Truce to Israel

World | September 17, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat offered a new truce to Israel after Palestinian officials said the militant group Hamas has shown indications that it might agree to stop attacking Israelis.In a TV interview Arafat said that there was possibility for a cease-fire. There was no immediate comment from Israeli leaders, but the government said Tuesday that it wanted to see the Palestinian Authority begin disarming Hamas and other militant groups before it would consider a new truce.

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