Israel Double Dares Yassar Arafat To Dare Israel To Kill Him, Again, page

Bravado or foolhardiness? Or does Arafat know it is all a bluff? What is going on?

Oh hang on - it's just Palestinian for "Bring 'Em On"!


news.independent.co.uk...


Israel's move will explode entire area, says new PM
By Donald Macinyre in Jerusalem
12 September 2003


Palestinian leaders reacted with anger last night to the Israeli security cabinet's decision, in principle, to expel Yasser Arafat from his headquarters in Ramallah.

As the Palestinian Authority President told a crowd of supporters outside his Maqata site that they were the people who could stop the Israelis fulfilling the threat, Ahmed Qureia, the incoming Palestinian prime minister, said the decision was "crazy".

Despite doubts ­ even among some Israeli government officials ­ over whether the decision would be enforced, the threat introduces a volatile element into Israel's political and security crisis.....

Earlier, Mr Arafat had told reporters in Ramallah: "This is terra sancta. No one can kick me out. They can kill me. They have bombs."

The Israeli Cabinet stopped short of setting a date for expulsion, but the army increased the psychological pressure on Mr Arafat by commandeering the top floor of the Authority's Culture Ministry overlooking his headquarters in the Maqata police compound.....

Mr Sharon, who returned to Israel yesterday after cutting short his trip to India, was under pressure to sanction Mr Arafat's expulsion despite signals that the Bush administration would regard such a move as counter-productive.

Ehud Olmert, the Deputy Prime Minister, suggested that the "solitary confinement" of Mr Arafat might be a better short-term option. This would involve denying him the right to receive visitors and cutting his telephone links.



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[Edited on 15-9-2003 by MaskedAvatar]

Originally posted by Djarums
Oh relax, remember the first post of the thread. No one in the Israeli government said anything about killing him, HE did.

Sorry Djarums, I believe you are mistaken:

"Effie Eitam, the ultranationalist housing minister, noted the word ``removal'' in the Cabinet statement implies both expulsion and assassination."

www.guardian.co.uk...

Arafat isn't the only one who has said this.

Israeli Official: Arafat Death an Option

www.guardian.co.uk...

Sunday September 14, 2003 3:29 PM
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH

Associated Press Writer

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israel's vice prime minister said killing Yasser Arafat is an option for Israel, as Palestinians on Sunday took to the streets across the West Bank and Gaza Strip promising to protect their leader.

Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert echoed threats by other Israeli officials who suggested last week's decision to "remove'' Arafat means he might be sent into exile, further isolated at his West Bank compound or dealt with more harshly. But Olmert, considered a likely future candidate for premier, is the closest official to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to say outright he might be killed.

"Arafat can no longer be a factor in what happens here,'' he told Israel Radio. Expulsion is certainly one of the options, killing is also one of the options.''


etc, etc, etc, and so on and so forth, ad nauseum & ad infinitum

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