Sunday’s suicide bombing in Israel is “destroying” Yasser Arafat’s credibility, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said. The violence by Arab terrorists “is destroying his authority” Powell said Sunday. “They will not push Israel into the sea. So they will not be successful if that is their goal.”
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