[tet68]

Arafat IS the problem.

[Peach]

Good. On this, I don't think Israel should listen to the US but rather do what they feel is best for their country. Just as we did not listen to the French and Germans in the time leading to war in Iraq.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"Israel is an independent and sovereign state and though it has a close and friendly important relationship with America, it doesn't take orders from America," Livnat said Friday.

WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOO!

A poll published in a newspaper Friday, showed 60 percent of Israelis would like to see Arafat killed or exiled

So much for the standard liberal meme (i.e., L-I-E) that "the majority of Israelis really want Sharon to work with Arafat."

Liberals. Pffffftt!

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I say, "Kick Arafat out and send his cheering throngs with him." Send them all to Jordan. (Jordan wants nothing to do with them).

[steveegg]

Call me crazy, but I'd rather have AraRAT dead and buried than wary and guessing.

[ditto h]

Arafat is a terrorist. He should have been taken out long ago.

[Agnes Heep]

This whole Arafat deal reminds me of one of those real-life emergency room programs I watched about a year ago. A diabetic woman comes to the emergency room with her foot half rotted off from gas gangrene; maggotts are actually crawling out of the flesh. The doctors tell her that the foot has to be amputated, but she remains in denial, refusing all attempts to get her to accept the inevitable. Finally the proposition is placed before her, in no uncertain terms, that either the foot must go, or she must go. She gives in. The follow-up shows her a changed woman; no longer sick, smiling and upbeat; looking forward to the future.

Like that gangrenous foot, Arafat needs to be cut off. The sooner, the better.

[Beck_isright]

Good for Israel. If the USSSD (United States Socialist State Department) elects to freeze funding to Israel, let me know where to send money directly. This terrorist needs to be removed, dead or alive.

[dennisw]

Best scenario is gunfire when the IDF comes to rope him in. And Arafat dies via tow missile or what have you. Trying him will just make tumult and exiling him means he gets to travel the world making mischief and propaganda.

[hellinahandcart]

They shouldn't expel him, they need to kill him.

[mathluv]

I have never understood why Israelis were willing to stand by and get killed over this guy. He needs to be gone. He does not want peace. He wants Israel to not exist.

[TomGuy]

Sharon needs to tell his secretary to put Condi's and Colin's call on hold, take care of business, then answer their calls and tell them he removed the roadblock on their roadmap.

[shrinkermd]

The Israelis made a big mistake in talking rather than acting. They needed no public approbation to protect their citizens. Sometimes doing what is necessary is doing what is right regardless of public opinion. If you want prior approval from the international community, then you lack the moral conviction to act. Love and public approval is, after all, more often than not transitory and fickle.

[yonif]

Even if Israel does get rid of Arafat, US is still on the record for objecting to removing this terrorist leader the same way it removed the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.

[Marysecretary]

The United States needs to let Israel take care of its biggest problem its own way. We need to butt out and let them alone. They don't tell US what to do as far as terrorism goes, so we need to butt out and let them handle things their way. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem! M

[lowbridge]

The 74-year-old Palestinian leader was defiant, declaring that no one will "kick me out," after thousands of Palestinians poured into streets throughout the West Bank and Gaza to support him.

Er, now that the Israelis are no longer allowing the United States to tone down their military responses to terrorists, getting kicked out will be the least of your worries.

[tubavil]

Over strong U.S. objections, Israel insisted Friday it will remove Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as an obstacle to peace.

If they meant to do anything they would. Instead we have more meaningless talk that further reduces any credibility they think they might have.

Expect a massive attack during the High Holy Days.

[putupon]

[Honestfreedom]

This would make Clinton jealous. To appease domestic opinion they announce something they have no intention of doing. Talk about disingenuous.

[ranair34]

It makes me SO PISSED to see U.S. Government saying they strongly oppose the removal of Arafat. If the role was reversed, he would have been gone years ago. Stop being so political Washington, and stand by God's Chosen people.