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Israel's Military Intelligence chief Major General Aharon Ze'evi said Sunday that Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is biding his time until November, in hopes that U.S. President George W. Bush will lose his bid for re-election and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government will fall by then, Army Radio reported.
In his first public comments since the upheavals in Gaza Strip spilled over into a political confrontation with Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei last week, Arafat denied the government was in a crisis, and said he had approved changes in the cabinet.
However, Ze'evi, speaking to the weekly cabinet meeting, said that open Palestinian opposition to Arafat's policies was mounting in the Gaza Strip. The same intensity of criticism was not being felt in the West Bank, Ze'evi added.
"Arafat is now waiting for the month of November in the hope that President Bush will be defeated in the presidential elections and turned out of his office," Ze'evi told the cabinet. Arafat also expects that Sharon will be toppled from the premiership, he said.
Prime Minister Sharon then responded with a reported smile, "Arafat wants to see me driven out, as well? I thought that only in Israel people were wishing for my downfall." (Albawaba.com)
http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=281708&lang=e&dir=news
Israel's Military Intelligence chief Major General Aharon Ze'evi said Sunday that Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is biding his time until November, in hopes that U.S. President George W. Bush will lose his bid for re-election and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government will fall by then, Army Radio reported.
In his first public comments since the upheavals in Gaza Strip spilled over into a political confrontation with Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei last week, Arafat denied the government was in a crisis, and said he had approved changes in the cabinet.
However, Ze'evi, speaking to the weekly cabinet meeting, said that open Palestinian opposition to Arafat's policies was mounting in the Gaza Strip. The same intensity of criticism was not being felt in the West Bank, Ze'evi added.
"Arafat is now waiting for the month of November in the hope that President Bush will be defeated in the presidential elections and turned out of his office," Ze'evi told the cabinet. Arafat also expects that Sharon will be toppled from the premiership, he said.
Prime Minister Sharon then responded with a reported smile, "Arafat wants to see me driven out, as well? I thought that only in Israel people were wishing for my downfall." (Albawaba.com)