Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat called off a long-delayed trip to Syria at the last minute. Each side blamed the other for the cancellation. Israeli commentators called it a Syrian snub and speculated Damascus was showing its displeasure over Arafat’s plan to meet Peres before the start of Yom Kippur on Wednesday evening.
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