Euro parliamentarians question Sharon
DEBKAfiles:
". . .Asked by Irish parliamentarian David Norris how Israel could talk about 'executing (sic) Arafat if it is indeed, as it likes to say, the only democracy in the Middle East,' Ariel Sharon replied: 'Don’t worry about our democracy. Arafat lives, and not only is he healthy, but he is very active in organizing acts of murder against women and children.'
"He went on to deny any intention of killing him, 'although the man is responsible for the deaths of… thousands… mostly civilians.'
"When one of the mission’s organizers said the Europeans’ number one concern was the separation fence between Israel and the West Bank, Sharon rapped out: 'If there were no Palestinian terror, there would be no fence.'
"He then countered with charges of his own: I have never heard anyone in the European Parliament speak out against Iran’s public threat to destroy Israel or its race for a nuclear weapon. 'They only call me when the battery of Arafat’s mobile runs low – never when Israeli families are wiped out by Palestinian suicides…'”
DEBKAfiles:
". . .Asked by Irish parliamentarian David Norris how Israel could talk about 'executing (sic) Arafat if it is indeed, as it likes to say, the only democracy in the Middle East,' Ariel Sharon replied: 'Don’t worry about our democracy. Arafat lives, and not only is he healthy, but he is very active in organizing acts of murder against women and children.'
"He went on to deny any intention of killing him, 'although the man is responsible for the deaths of… thousands… mostly civilians.'
"When one of the mission’s organizers said the Europeans’ number one concern was the separation fence between Israel and the West Bank, Sharon rapped out: 'If there were no Palestinian terror, there would be no fence.'
"He then countered with charges of his own: I have never heard anyone in the European Parliament speak out against Iran’s public threat to destroy Israel or its race for a nuclear weapon. 'They only call me when the battery of Arafat’s mobile runs low – never when Israeli families are wiped out by Palestinian suicides…'”
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