GAZA, 25 July — Palestinian President Yasser Arafat blasted Israel yesterday for insisting that instead of international observers in the Palestinian territories it would accept a limited CIA presence.

“It is not up to their moods,” Arafat said in reaction to Israel’s acceptance of more CIA representatives. He said the decision to send international observers to Gaza and the West Bank was taken by the recent G-8 summit in Italy, the US-Europe summit, the Non-Aligned conference and the Arab summit.

“This decision will be implemented and Israel cannot tell the international majority that they should listen to it and we should follow it,” Arafat told reporters on his return from a two-day visit to Jordan and Gulf states.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, meanwhile, reiterated his commitment to “consolidating” Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. After a meeting with retired Gen. Effie Eitam, one of the most radical figures in Israel’s nationalist religious camp, Sharon “reiterated the government’s commitment to bringing security” to the settlers in the West Bank and to “consolidating the settlement process”, a statement issued by the prime minister’s office said.

Separately, the Palestinians said yesterday they have a list of more than 50 Israelis they accuse of carrying out barbaric attacks against the Palestinians. Palestinian intelligence chief for the West Bank Tawfiq Tirawi told the Al-Ayyam newspaper that the list of terrorists would be presented at a planned security meeting today with Israel and CIA representatives. “The Palestinian National Authority has proof and evidence of the participation of these 50 people in barbaric crimes against the Palestinian people,” Tirawi told the paper.