Ariel Sharon said he would not hurt Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, as such a move would harm Israel. “Today we have no inclination to hurt Arafat personally,” the Israeli prime minister said in remarks published last Friday in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
