Israel's security cabinet met in emergency session on Thursday to consider the expulsion of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and further strikes against militants after two suicide bombings that killed 15 Israelis Wednesday. Israel should ignore US objections and banish Arafat from the Palestinian territories, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said ahead of the meeting. "We are now in a situation that if we ask for such permission, it will be virtually impossible to get it," Shalom told Army Radio. "But sometimes, there are situations where you have to make decisions independent of outside influence," he underlined.

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