Yasser Arafat is not interested in advancing the peace process, Israel’s defense minister said. Speaking Sunday during a tour of army outposts on the Golan Heights, Shaul Mofaz said the obstacles the Palestinian Authority president is placing in the way of a new Palestinian Authority Cabinet prove that he is not interested in improving the situation in the region.
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