PALESTINIANS GIVE SUSPECTED MURDERER TO ISRAEL

Palestinian police said on Tuesday, they had handed over Hisham Najem, a Palestinian suspected by Israel of involvement in the rape and murder of a child in Nazareth, an Israeli town with a large Arab population, six months ago.  It was the first time a Palestinian was handed to Israel since self-rule began.  It was done in a joint cooperation to fight crime, said Palestinian Police Chief Ghazi al-Jabali.