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Source: http://www.nypost.com/commentary/15836.htm
Arafat Safe from Sharon's Retaliation
(New York Post) Uri Dan - The Israeli defense brass went into a midnight session Thursday night with Prime Minister Sharon to decide how to make terrorists pay for the latest massacre. There is no doubt the bombing is ultimately the responsibility of Arafat, but the Palestinian president may again be spared. First, Sharon doesn't want to break the promise he made to President Bush in early 2001 that Arafat will not be killed. Second, Sharon knows any "removal" of Arafat would create problems for Bush in a re-election year. Third, Sharon doesn't want to strain relations with Washington before he visits Bush next month to get his approval for his plan to "disengage" Israel from the Palestinians.