The U.S. State Department described as “deeply troubling” a statement Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat made on Saudi television that Israel has dumped environmentally hazardous materials in Arab areas. “The continued repetition of baseless charges” that are “outrageous and inflammatory has no place in the public discourse between Israelis and Palestinians,” State Department spokesman James Rubin said Tuesday. Rubin added that the United States has “made that view known” to the Palestinian Authority.
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