arfrat is outta there....

whether the us likes it or not...

U.S. Urges Israelis Not to Oust Arafat

from what I could glean thus far, Israel has only said that it is going to "remove" Arfrat (arf=dog+rat=fink) as an obstacle to peace. that doesn't exactly mean expulsion to me...it sounds much more like "permanent removal."

in the end, it will take the "permanent removal" of arfrat before any peace agreement will go forward, because there simply is no way to make peace with him hanging around.

but I'd rather not see it happen at Israel's hand...that would be very bad indeed.