Prime Minister Ariel Sharon charged that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat has made a “strategic decision” to launch attacks on Israel and has given a “green light” to militants. A day earlier, his foreign minister, Shimon Peres, said during a visit to the United States that “some dissident groups” have participated in killing Israelis “without the knowledge of Arafat.”
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