Israel might need to expel Yasser Arafat, Israel’s defense minister said. Shaul Mofaz said Israel had erred in not expelling the Palestinian Authority president sooner. “Arafat never wanted to reach an agreement with us,” Mofaz told Israel Army Radio.
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