Israeli military action against Palestinian militants has killed the U.S.-backed Mideast "road map" to peace, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says in an interview for CNN. Photo by cnn.com
Recent Israeli military action against Palestinian militants has killed the U.S.-backed Mideast "road map" to peace, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said in an off-camera interview with CNN. The road map is dead, but only because of Israeli military aggression in recent weeks," he said. The statement came as Israel's defense minister left open the possibility that Israel might move to expel Arafat, the Palestinian Authority president. Arafat said the United States has not done enough to keep the peace plan alive.