Israel Can Kill Me, but Never Deport Me: Arafat

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Israel Can Kill Me, but Never Deport Me: Arafat

They can kill me by bombs, but they can never get me out of Ramallah, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Thursday, referring to an Israeli decision to expel him.

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They can kill me by bombs, but they can never get me out of Ramallah, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Thursday, referring to an Israeli decision to expel him.

Israel's security cabinet on Thursday evening agreed in principle to expel Arafat and ask Israel Defense Forces to draw up a plan for Arafat's exile.

Speaking to thousands of supporters who gathered at his headquarters in Ramallah via a megaphone, Arafat said their coming and their protests "can talk and struggle for their freedom."

"We are telling the world that this people are toughest people that never get afraid and will never kneel," said Arafat.

"I tell the Israeli government," he said while pointing to the large crowd of supporters, "This is the Palestinian answer to you decision to deport me."

Huge demonstrations were held in most of the occupied Palestinian territories on Thursday, especially in the West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Ramallah, as well as Gaza City and the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis.

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