The U.N. General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting Friday to discuss Israel’s decision to “remove” Yasser Arafat. The move, sponsored by Arab member states, follows the failure of the Syrian-sponsored proposed resolution in the U.N. Security Council that would have demanded that Israel desist from removing the Palestinian Authority president.
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