Sharon Sorry Arafat Wasn’t Killed in ’82
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he’s sorry Israel didn’t have Yasser Arafat killed 20 years ago when it had the Palestinian leader under siege in Beirut.
Sharon’s musings about the missed opportunity, published in the Maariv newspaper, coincide with speculation that this time, Sharon hopes to finish off his old enemy.
“Sharon’s words are very dangerous,” said Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat. By expressing regret about not killing Arafat in 1982, Sharon “means he wants to fix his mistake,” Erekat said.
As defense minister in 1982, Sharon directed an Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
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