Two Israeli Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations on Tuesday. Tourism Minister Binyamin Elon and National Infrastructure Minister Avigdor Lieberman said they were pulling their National Unity — Israel, Our Home bloc out of the government after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced he was freeing Yasser Arafat to travel from his Ramallah headquarters.
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