A Palestinian Authority official claimed he was part of a plot to kill Ariel Sharon in 1992. Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian security chief in the West Bank, told Esquire magazine that he had arranged for an Israeli spy to kill Sharon, who was housing minister at the time. The Mossad heard about the plan and arrested the man.
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