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PUBLIC THREATS TO KILL ARAFAT FROM THE
ISRAELIS
These are some of the
public threats in the past few years. One can only
imagine what has been said when the cameras and microphones were not
present.
Israeli Cabinet, September
11, 2003: "Recent
day's events have proven again that Yasser Arafat is a complete
obstacle to any process of reconciliation. ... Israel will act to remove this obstacle in
the manner, at the time, and in the ways that will be decided on
separately."
Ariel Sharon: “We took action against Ahmed Yassin
and Abdelaziz Rantisi (both assassinated) and a few other murderers
when we thought the time was right. On the matter of Arafat we will operate
in the same way, when we find the convenient and suitable time. One needs to find the time and
do what has to be done.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3654928.stm
Ariel Sharon: “I wouldn’t suggest either one of them
should feel secure. I wouldn’t propose that any insurance company
gives them coverage" (reference to Arafat and other Palestinian
leaders). www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/411795.html
Editorial, The Jerusalem Post,
Jerusalem, Israel,
11 Sept
2003: “The world
will not help us; we must help ourselves. We must kill as many of the
Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders as possible, as quickly
as possible, while minimizing collateral damage, but not letting
that damage stop us. And we
must kill Yasser Arafat, because the world leaves us no alternative....
Arafat’s
death at Israel’s hands would not radicalize Arab
opposition to Israel. The current jihad against us is
being fueled by the perception that Israel is blocked from taking decisive
actions to defend itself…. Killing Arafat, more than
any other act, would demonstrate that the tool of terror is
unacceptable.”
Ehud Olmert: Deputy
Prime Minister of Israel told Israel Radio that killing Arafat "is definitely one of
the options" under
consideration by the government.
International
Herald Tribune, 24 September
2003
Silvan
Shalom: Israel's
foreign minister said yesterday in an apparent attempt to soften
remarks by the vice premier who said that assassination was an option. “Israel has not adopted a
formal decision to kill Yasser Arafat”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/16/world/main573485.shtml
http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/09/16/story892785356.asp
Tuesday, September 15th & 16th, 2003
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