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Israel's Decision on Arafat: More Than Meets the Eye
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - What Prime Minister Sharon has done by declaring that Israel has decided to remove Arafat is throw a new bargaining chip into the pot. Sharon is telling the world, and the Palestinians, if you want to keep us from exiling Arafat, if he is that dear and important to you, remove him from his role as the spoiler. If you want us to leave him in peace, take away all of his powers. By hanging a sword of some kind over Arafat's head, Sharon is telling the world and the Palestinians: If you want to save Arafat, pay for it. The prime minister's gamble is that the threat of removing Arafat will mobilize the international community to press the PA to clip Arafat's wings for his own good.