For all the different "reactions", there are many more than
those excerpted.---
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zevulun
Orlev (National Religious Party) said the
government should now carry out its previously
stated policy intention and deport Arafat.
Should Israel fail to do so, it would project
weakness and thereby encourage more terror
attacks, Orlev stated.
Minister of Science and Technology Eliezer
Sandberg (Shinui) also supported Arafat's
expulsion. Millions of Arabs and Jews in the
region wanted to live quietly, Sandberg said,
"whereas the terrorist, Arafat, derails any
prospect for genuine peace."
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MK Yuri Stern (National Union) said that not
only Arafat, "but also all the other leaders of
the monstrous Palestinian Authority that was
created as a result of the Oslo accords," ought
to be removed.
For his part, Minister of Tourism Binyamin Elon,
a hard-line leader from the political right,
said that he opposed Arafat's expulsion. Such a
move would distract attention from the real
problem, claimed Elon, explaining that
immediate steps should be taken to "dismantle
the Palestinian Authority and to establish a
Palestinian state in Jordan."
Haaretz