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| Peres never said Yasser should 'die by the bullet'... |
| 2002-08-03 |
| Israel’s Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told Saturday Army Radio that the French publication L'Express would apologize for quoting him as saying that "To end this (conflict) Yasser Arafat must die by the bullet. But not ours, of course." It's just something he should have said... "I was surprised to read the things attributed to me in L'Express," Peres said. "I didn't give any interview to L'Express and didn't say these things... This report is unfounded. It stands in complete opposition to my opinion. There is no need to solve problems with gunshots. I didn't say such a thing about Arafat or anyone else. It outrages me to read these things." Actually there is every reason to solve problems with gunshots. The reluctance of those like Peres to bite the bullet (so to speak) and do the unpleasant makes the whole thing drag out longer, more people get killed, and in the end Yasser's probably going to wake up dead one morning — of a bullet. "Mr. Peres has never made such remarks, either in private or elsewhere. It does not in any way reflect his opinion," the Israeli embassy in Paris said in a statement. Is that egg on the face of L'Express? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |