Yasser Arafat issued a statement Saturday saying that as Israel’s Jan. 28 election “date gets closer, we appeal to all our people to practice self-restraint.” Sharon said a day later at the weekly Cabinet meeting that Arafat’s statement proves “what Israel has maintained for the past two years — that Yasser Arafat has established, is responsible for and leads a coalition of terror, which he can leash or unleash and use as he pleases.”
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