Israel granted Yasser Arafat 12 hours to arrest terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a series of telephone calls Wednesday between the Palestinian leader and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Arafat complained that Israeli airstrikes were preventing him from making the arrests.
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