Sharon-Arafat: danse macabre

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: November 4, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

URI DAN
Jerusalem Post
11-04-2004
Headline: Sharon-Arafat: danse macabre
Byline: URI DAN
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 14

Thursday, November 4, 2004 -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be remembered in the history books as the man who eliminated Yasser Arafat without killing him.

At first, Sharon succeeded in making Arafat irrelevant to international diplomacy, with the support of the American administration. Now, even if the best French doctors (at the orders of President Jacques Chirac) succeed in prolonging the life of the Palestinian war criminal from the Mukata, it seems that Arafat ...

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