ridgey:: expel arafat - to the next world
Me ol mate I'm afraid your resorting to pedantics.
Are you saying that Arafat is not a legitamate target because war hasnt been declared?
If so -the PLO has a standing state of war declared against Israel and...
... Israel threatens to expel Arafat: All-out war declared on Hamas
AL QUDS, Sept 2: Having declared all-out war on the radical Hamas movement, Israel on Tuesday threatened to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as hopes plummeted that the "roadmap" plan for peace would achieve its goals.
Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz told military radio that the government would now consider expelling Palestinian Authority Chairman Arafat as he was an obstacle to the peace process.
"Arafat is a very major obstacle for (Palestinian prime minister) Mahmud Abbas and for the whole political process," he said.
"We made a historic mistake by not expelling him two years ago but we are going to address this issue in the short-term, without doubt before the end of the year."
Mofaz said the government had to "find the right moment" before making such a move without damaging the more moderate Abbas.
Arafat has been effectively confined to his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah by the Israeli army for the past 20 months.
Mofaz told cabinet colleagues Monday the security establishment had declared "an all-out war against Hamas and other terrorist elements, including continuous strikes at the organization's leaders", a government statement said.
