Two Israeli attempts were made to capture it-on the same day and on May 18-19-but both failed.

"Our people cannot stand with their eyes closed to these Israeli attempts," he said.

Previous Israeli attempts to move refugees out of the camps have met with opposition.

They were concerned that the Arabs might see the shift as an Israeli attempt to upstage them.

Through the history of this conflict, Israeli attempts to appease the Palestinians have resulted in more violence, not less.

Israeli attempts to take the Latrun fortress were unsuccessful.

They also criticized Israeli attempts to change the city's demography, especially in the east, where about 200,000 Palestinians live.

The victim was wheelchair bound having lost one arm and both legs in previous Israeli attempts to kill him.

Their presence would greatly complicate any possible Israeli attempt to storm the compound.

To be coherent in the fight against terrorism, he has been virtually obliged to back the Israeli attempt to stop terror attacks by suicide bombers.