World Left Guessing on Arafat’s Future
Ron Kampeas, JTA
September 18, 2003
In September 1982, an Israeli sniper in Beirut had Yasser Arafat\’s head in his gunsights, and he waited for an order from Ariel Sharon, who in turn was awaiting word from Jerusalem: Kill him or set him free?
Sharon, then defense minister, soon got the order from Prime Minister Menachem Begin: Let Arafat board the boat evacuating the PLO leadership from Beirut.
More than 20 years later, Arafat is once again in Israeli sights, only this time Sharon is in Jerusalem calling the shots.
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