(CBS News)- Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Wednesday that it's time for Israel to get rid of Yasser Arafat. Shalom said Israeli generals do not oppose the concept of expelling Arafat, though they believe now is not the right time. Shalom also said it is time for Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to get down to business. "We hope that he will do what all the world expects him to do, to put an end to terrorism, to stop the violence, to stop the incitement," Shalom said. Shalom added that there is only so long Abbas can make excuses about why he's not fighting terror, or he will become as irrelevant as Arafat.
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