Prime Minister Sharon, speaking with Fox News today, reminded the world that Yasser Arafat is a terrorist, and explained that there had been 88 acts of Palestinian violence against Israelis in the past five days. Sharon noted that these included the murder of a young mother, \"whose three-month-old baby refuses to be comforted or to drink from a bottle, and cries only for her mother.\"



The Prime Minister said that Arafat had personally given the orders for the murder of two U.S. diplomats and one from Belgium in 1973. Sharon said again that he would approve a meeting between Peres and Arafat if there were 48 hours of quiet, but said that meanwhile there are emergency warnings of impending suicide terrorist attacks in Israel.