Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat will be expelled from his Ramallah headquarters if Israel is struck by a "mega-attack", Israeli Interior Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi has warned.
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The hawkish Likud minister issued his warning on Thursday to the veteran leader after Israeli military sources said on Wednesday that an attack on a school in Israel had been foiled. "Had the attack we foiled yesterday taken place, it is obvious that Arafat would no longer be in the region, in the Middle East," Hanegbi told military radio.
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On 11 September this year, the Israeli cabinet passed a resolution allowing for the expulsion of the Palestinian leader, following two attacks in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. "That type of mega-attack would have completely changed the strategic situation," Hanegbi added. Military sources said two Palestinians, including one wearing a
10-kilo explosives belt, were nabbed by the army in the West Bank before they managed to infiltrate Israel. The term "mega-attack" has so far been used in Israel to refer to potential attacks on airliners or skyscrapers, since explosive charges twice as heavy as that found on the would-be bomber on Wednesday are often used in bus bombs.
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