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Arafat Urges New Truce, Hints At âActionâ Against Factions
As Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday, August 27, he is ready to take action against resistance groups if Israel halted attacks on them, an Israeli official said the armyâs assassinations policy would continue unabated. "I am prepared to implement the law (against activists) on condition Israel stops its attacks," Arafat said in an interview with Reuters carried by Swissinfo.org. Elaborating on no steps to be taken, Arafat said he would not risk a Palestinian civil war. Arafat said he had ordered the detention of Hamas and other group leaders earlier in a 35-month-old Intifada against Israeli occupation and will do so again if Israel stopped its aggressions. "Haven't I arrested Hamas leaders (before)? Haven't I placed some of them under house arrest? I'm not prepared to fuel a Palestinian civil war. But I am prepared to implement the law on condition Israel halts attacks," the Palestinian leader said at his compound where Israeli forces have besieged him for 18 months.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-08-27 |
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