(Ha'aretz) - Danny Rubinstein He used to travel all over the world visiting ministers and counts, but for the past 15 months, the PA chairman has hardly left his room. In many respects, this is a voluntary detention. Arafat fears if he himself leaves the headquarters, the Israelis will exploit the opportunity, enter the compound, arrest the "most wanted," confiscate classified documents and Arafat's personal documents, and - who knows - perhaps they will even stay in the headquarters and stop him from returning.
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