AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Barak tells Arafat to end violence or face a major Israeli attack.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

| October 07, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 The Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Hugh Dellios and Ray Moseley

JERUSALEM _ Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to end the violent clashes raging across the Palestinian territories or Israel would consider the Mideast peace negotiations dead.

The warning came as the bloody, 10-day conflict threatened to widen into a regional conflict when Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas exchanged fire along the Lebanese border and the Iran-backed Hezbollah kidnapped three Israeli soldiers.

Barak warned that if Arafat failed to restrain Palestinian gunmen and rioters within the next two days, Israel would end the military restraint that Israelis claim has so far prevented much bloodshed among the Palestinians.

"In the next two days, if we do not see a change in the patterns of violence, we will regard this as an end of the (peace) negotiations by Arafat and we will instruct our army and security forces to do everything in their power to put an end to the violence," Barak said in a national address.

Barak, trying to soothe a nation suddenly confronted by the prospect of a two-front war with its Arab neighbors, said Israel had to be prepared for the "painful truth" that the Palestinians were not partners for peace after all, and that Israelis must face that possibility with "open eyes."

"A new situation has developed and it is a struggle, one of the most important in the history of Israel, a struggle for our right to live in this tormented and difficult region as a free people," Barak said.

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Israel: Arafat's op-ed piece a PR move.
News wire article from: United Press International February 3, 2002 700+ words
...Sharon's rhetoric, Arafat assured a group of Arab...visits give him the hope Israel "is a peace partner...Times op-ed piece, Arafat stated in two places...argued the article shows Arafat has not dropped demands...not fully understand" Israel's demands for a cessation...
To Israel, Arafat a necessary evil; A 10-day siege of Yasser Arafat's compound...
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor October 1, 2002 700+ words
...Palestinian leadership, Israel could have stood aloof...reformers in Mr. Arafat's Fatah faction...you think about it, Israel is keeping Arafat dead and alive at...who are challenging Arafat do not fulfill Israel's criterion for...
Israel: Arafat leading 'to disaster'.
News wire article from: United Press International December 6, 2001 700+ words
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec 06, 2001 Israeli...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's policy was leading...committee that unless Arafat "takes, now, a...infrastructure, Israel shall have to take...said he had told Arafat: "It is all in...you can determine (Israel's) attitude towards...
ISRAEL, ARAFAT TARGET HAMAS\Sides cooperate in operation.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) March 7, 1996 700+ words
...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. At the same time, Israel continued harsh restrictions...officials trying to get Arafat to help root out the sources...said it was clear that Arafat had decided to start "to do what Israel asks of him. The big...
Arab communique praises intifada; denounces Israel; Arafat, Mubarak not at...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 27, 2002 700+ words
...ripe for Chairman Arafat's departure for...in an interview on Israel television's Arab...interview, Mr. Arafat's office said Israel was using the summit...been confined by Israel for months. With Mr. Arafat and Mr. Mubarak...
ISRAEL: ARAFAT PAID WANTED MILITANT.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) March 22, 2002 700+ words
...thousands of papers, Israel says documents show...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat authorized payment...linked to Fatah. Israel says Arafat must prevent attacks...Some documents show Arafat in contact with Palestinian...security officials whom Israel suspects of organizing...
ISRAEL, ARAFAT ENDORSE PULLOUT.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) September 29, 1998 700+ words
...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel have agreed on the...meeting Netanyahu and Arafat for nearly 90 minutes...range of issues.'' Israel accepted a compromise...citizens through anti-Israel speeches, sermons...both Netanyahu and Arafat have ...
ISRAEL: ARAFAT: A PRESIDENT UNDER STRESS.(under house arrest by Israel)(Brief...
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database February 14, 2002 700+ words
...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has been operating under...Palestinians in a Ramallah report. Israel has confined Yasser Arafat to virtual house arrest at...of stress for the leader, Israel Radio reported. Arafat has reportedly started wearing...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA