Sharon threatens action against Arafat [View All]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1184365,00.html

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"Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, has threatened to take action against Yasser Arafat in a series of interviews with the Israeli media to mark the Passover holiday.

He said that Mr Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, could not remain in the same place for ever and that Israel might take action against him."

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"The interviews will be broadcast and published today. It is unclear what action Mr Sharon proposes to take.
He has said in the past that he regrets not killing Mr Arafat when he had the chance in Beirut in 1982. However, he has also given a guarantee to President Bush that he will not harm the Palestinian leader.

Some Palestinian commentators have seen the assasination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas, by Israel as an exercise to judge possible reaction to the arrest or assasination of Mr Arafat."