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Yasser can't go to Bethlehem again this year...
Palestinians warned Monday of a "dangerous escalation" of tensions if Israel stops Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem for a second straight year. Hey, guys? You've been jumping up and down, turning red in the face, and exploding in all directions for the past year. How can tensions be "dangerously escalated" when the meter's pegged? The warnings came after an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Raanan Gissin, said Arafat should not try to attend the Midnight Mass. But Raanan stopped short of saying Israel would bar him from the city. Shoulda just gone ahead and done it, got it out of the way... Arafat was barred from attending last year â punishment for a wave of deadly Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israelis. Arafat, a Muslim, says it's his duty to be there. But an Israeli official countered, "Peace is the message of Christmas; but Arafat is not a man of peace." If I went to church, and Yasser showed up, it'd make me an atheist if the building didn't crumble around us or erupt in flames. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-12-09 |
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