The Palestinian Authority said it is not responsible for the death threat against Israeli reporters issued by Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction. The threat, that no Israeli journalist entering Bethlehem would leave alive, was issued following an Army Radio report about a Fatah flier criticizing corruption within the organization’s leadership in the town.
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