ARABS-ISRAEL - Apr. 11 - Security Talks & Violence.

PA and Israeli security officials meet at the residence of US Ambassador Indyk. But there is no breakthrough in agreeing on measures to keep forces apart. Violence erupted again on Apr. 12 as Jordanian FM Abd Ilah Khatib met Arafat in Ramallah. Later Khatib told reporters he gave Arafat a message from King Abdullah about the monarch's talks with Pres. Bush (see Arab-US Relations). A joint US-Russia statement of concern was issued in Paris after talks between Secretary of State Powell and FM Ivanov. It said: "The US and Russia are deeply concerned by the continued violence in the Middle East and the growing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians". Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian and wounded another when they fired on the pair near the Israeli military junction of Kissufim in southern Gaza. The Israeli Army reported attacks on Jewish settlements and military posts in Gaza with mortar bombs, shooting and anti-tank grenades. Two soldiers were wounded near the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinian during a clash with stone-throwers in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli soldier was wounded by automatic gunfire along a road near the West Bank village of Beit Jala. Israeli forces briefly entered Beit Jala before withdrawing, leaving several homes damaged.