TENSION RUNS HIGH BETWEEN ISRAEL, PA

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Tension remains high between Israel and the PalestinianAuthority amid a suspension of an Israeli military withdrawal from a keyWest Bank city. PA security officials have rejected Israeli demands for the arrest andextradition of Palestinians suspected of being involved in the killing of anIsraeli minister last week. Two of the assassins are believed to be hidingin PA-controlled areas of the West Bank.