Arafat: I am willing to sacrifice 70 to die to kill one Israeli

Aaron Lerner Date: 18 December 2001

[Cerrection of previous item]

Israel Radio West Bank correspondent Avi Yissakharov reported this evening
that Yasser Arafat declared in a fiery speech in Ramallah today that "all
Palestinians are Muhammad al-Dura", that all Palestinians are martyrs.
12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura was killed in the Gaza Strip last year while
his father tried to protect him from crossfire.

Arafat called for all to join in the struggle to stop what he termed the
Israeli program to Judaize Jerusalem.

The crowd roared back to Arafat "millions of martyrs are already marching to
Jerusalem."

Israel Television Channel Two reported this evening that Arafat also told
the crowd that "I am willing to sacrifice 70 martyrs to kill one Israeli"
and called for a continuation of the struggle against Israel.

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