Israel "Considers Killing Arafat"

World | September 14, 2003, Sunday // 00:00

The Israeli Government does not exclude killing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a cabinet minister has said. In an interview with Israel Radio, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said it was now only a practical question of how to get rid of Mr Arafat. "Killing [Mr Arafat] is definitely one of the options," Olmert said. Last week the Israeli security cabinet said it had agreed in principle to - as they put it - remove Mr Arafat, but deliberately left the meaning of the word open, says the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Jerusalem. The Israeli Government is making no secret of the fact that it now lumps the Palestinian leader together with officials of militant organisations like Hamas, our correspondent says - Olmert described him as a murdered and a killer.

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