The Palestinian Authority has condemned today's bombing that killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80 others at Jerusalem's Hebrew University.
But in a statement, the Authority led by President Yasser Arafat said it considered Israeli Prime Minister Mr Ariel Sharon "as being responsible for this cycle of terror", including a Gaza air raid last week that killed a top militant and 14 other Palestinians.
"The Palestine National Authority absolutely condemns the attack against Hebrew University today," it said in the statement, which also accused "Sharon's army (of) continuing its policy of destruction, killing and collective punishment".
The military wing of the Islamic group Hamas claimed responsibility for the blast at a cafeteria in Hebrew University's Frank Sinatra International Students Center.
It said the attack was part of its revenge for the Gaza air strike that killed its leader Salah Shehada. Nine children were among the dead in the internationally condemned air raid on a teeming Gaza City neighbourhood.