IOF takes control of official PA building in Ramallah
An apartment building belonging to Muhammad Musleh, a Palestinian prisoner, is blown up by army troops in Ramallah.
IOF troops took control of the Palestinian Cultural Ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah Thursday morning, Palestinians reported.
The building, which is several stories high, is located just south of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah Muqata headquarters.
"The building gives the soldier a vantage point of the Muqata and sends a direct and clear message to Arafat that the IDF is present in the West Bank city.", Zionist sources like Kol Israel reported.
Palestinian officials expressed concern over the building takeover, saying that they expected the IOF to impose a total siege on Arafat.
The action came just after the arrests of a Hamas militant overnight in the West Bank city and as the "security" cabinet was set to meet to deliberate the expulsion of Yasser Arafat.
IOF sources confirmed that troops had taken positions in the city, but said that it was part of a routine military action.
The military tried to downplay the significance of the action saying that troops have periodically carried out operations in Ramallah.
"Defense" ministry and security officials declined to say whether the soldiers' presence marked the beginning of a planned operation against PA Yasser Arafat.
"It is no secret that expelling Arafat has been raised and discussed at recent meetings and it is possible it will be studied at the planned cabinet meeting later on today," an official told the Jerusalem Post.
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According to several Israeli newspapers Zionist Prime Minister Sharon arrived home early Thursday, cutting short a trip to India, to consider how to respond to two Palestinian suicide bombings, and an official said options included invading Gaza or expelling Yasser Arafat.
Sharon plans to convene the security cabinet for urgent talks later in the day, after a pair of bombers killed 15 Israelis in attacks in central Israel and Jerusalem just five hours apart on Tuesday.
Hard-liners in Sharon's Cabinet have long clamored for expulsion of Arafat. Up to now Sharon has rebuffed the deportation calls, fearing international condemnation.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, who supports the deportation of Arafat, told Army Radio Thursday that he believes that there is a majority within the cabinet supporting the move (as a foreign minister he has really great ideas!!).
"The moment Arafat is out, someone else will sprout up after him and will control the security forces, the PA's funds," Shalom said. "The moment he isn't here, more moderate officials will be able to move in after him."
Arafat aide, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, said Thursday that the deportation of the Palestinian leader would set the region on the brink of an abyss.
Likud Minister Yisrael Katz said Thursday that Israel does not have to wait to receive America's authorization to expel the Palestinian leader.
"As far as I know, there is no Israeli commitment to the Americans not to take action," Katz said. "Israel is allowed, able and obligated to make its own decisions."
Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, head of the moderate opposition Labor Party, warned that expelling Arafat would be a "historic mistake" that would "deepen the hostilities between the Palestinians and ourselves." He told CNN, "Arafat outside (his Ramallah office) will be more effective and more negative than he is today."
But anyway, the showdown just begun and we only can sit, wait and see what will be the next step on the way to a, perhaps, real war. Bloody sh...!