Israel Won’t Let Islamic Leaders Meet With Arafat
<i> Reuters</i>
JERUSALEM —
Israel refused to issue travel permits Wednesday to two Islamic leaders from the occupied Gaza Strip seeking to meet with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat.
A spokesman for the Israeli civil administration confirmed the decision to deny permits to the Palestinians, who are associated with the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement, but he would not elaborate. Israel now bans contact with the PLO but is in the process of dropping a blanket prohibition.
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