Jerusalem, 9 December 2001
No significant steps taken by PA to stop terrorism
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Arafat has been continually claiming that he has arrested more
than 20 terrorists from the list given to him by US Envoy General
Anthony Zinni. However, the true facts are that significant steps
have not been taken by the PA to stop the terrorism:
1. Arafat continues to deceive the world, and continues to
recycle his lies.
2. Arafat is not arresting terrorists, rather he is hosting them
in guest houses (in a form of protective custody).
3. Arafat has not conducted serious interrogations of a single
terrorist, and has taken no preventative action to foil terrorist
activities.
4. Arafat has not begun judicial proceedings against a single
terrorist.
5. Israel is acting, and will continue to act, against strategic
locations (installations and facilities of PA security forces,
such as Force 17, that are currently engaged in terrorist
activities) from which terrorism is operating against the State
of Israel and its citizens. Israel is forced to do what the PA is
supposed to, but is either unwilling or unable to do, namely to
dismantle the terrorist infrastructure.
6. In order to prevent terrorism, we have already announced that
Israel will allow free passage of Palestinian security forces
from one area to another.
7. The Palestinian Authority has taken no steps to stop the
incitement in their media and in their education system.