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Israel says Arafat era is over
Sharon warning of war within a week
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 2001
Israel says Arafat era is over
FROM CHRISTOPHER WALKER IN JERUSALEM
PLO fears leader is target of assassination plot
Sharon warning of war within a week
THE Middle East moved closer to a new war yesterday as Ariel Sharon declared the Arafat era over and moved tanks into three West Bank towns.
Israel also killed a leading Palestinian militant, and the PLO claimed to have evidence that the Jewish state was plotting to assassinate its leader, Yassir Arafat.
The rapid collapse of the peace process followed the murder of Rehavam Zeevi, the Israeli Tourism Minister, by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Wednesday. Mr Sharon said:
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This man, who was so sick and racist that to compare him to a Nazi is not hyperbole, advocated the forced transfer of an entire racial and religious group from a territory.
This is MORE RADICAL that even what the Taliban were doing to the Hindu minority in the country.
If there is ever a legitimate use of force it was this one. The PFLP committed a brave and justified act against a racist, murderous, cowardly terroist. A religious and racial bigot of the highest order. In short, a man who reaped what he sowed.