| Peres Defends Arafat
As Netanyahu Goes On Offensive Aruts 7 (25 September 2001) "Shimon Peres is the first Israeli astronaut." So said former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington yesterday, adding, "Peres is in outer space, totally unconnected to what is going on here. He did not learn a thing from the great bloodshed caused by Oslo that he brought us." Netanyahu was referring to Peres' dauntless efforts to meet with Yasser Arafat, despite the opinion of the top military brass that Arafat's strategy has not changed. Peres said this morning that there has been "a significant reduction in the extent of the attacks," that the Palestinians are shooting only light-weapons fire, and that it's already been, "I don't know, maybe 2-3 weeks since the last car bomb. Arafat has been making efforts to stop the mortar fire, even though I know that last night there was a mortar shell fired. The Middle East is a wild place, and there are many very extreme and terrible people. Should we make our future dependent on every Jihad sniper?" Peres knocked Netanyahu for claiming that there is no American pressure for a meeting, and said that President Bush himself called Sharon to press him on the matter. Although some in Israel see Netanyahu's recent media appearances as part of his political comeback, others have only praise for his sorely-needed efforts on behalf of Israeli public relations. Netanyahu yesterday appeared before some 40 U.S. Senators and discussed possible US strategies in its war against terrorism, following his testimony before a House committee last week on the same topic. Netanyahu, whose book "Fighting Terrorism" gained him worldwide stature as an expert in the field, said recently that it was Arafat who originated the idea of hijacking planes. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott expressed regret that the U.S. did not take seriously enough the warnings Netanyahu issued two years ago at a similar hearing. Netanyahu said that PLO Chairman Arafat should not be thought of only as an "incidental part" of the terrorism network the US is trying to dismantle. "He has been the copywriter, in many ways, of the suicide bombings," Netanyahu said before meeting the senators. He also emphasized that the U.S. must act against regimes such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and the Palestinian Authority that support the terrorist network. |
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