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Israel Threatens Arafat as Prisoner Issue Simmers (Reuters, 7/12/2003)

Israel could deport or arrest Palestinian President Yasser Arafat if he holds up his prime minister's efforts to implement a U.S.-backed "road map" to Middle East peace, Israeli diplomatic sources said Saturday.

"Israel conveyed to Washington that if Arafat continues to undermine Abu Mazen, we will reconsider his location and status," a source said, using Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's nom de guerre. "By status we mean immunity."

It's ... about ... time! Posted by Paul Jaminet at July 12, 2003 10:22 PM