The Hindu : 'Nothing can shake us'

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Thursday, Sep 18, 2003

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'Nothing can shake us'

RAMALLAH (West Bank) Sept. 17. The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, today dismissed the United States veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution that sought to shield him from Israeli action as insignificant.

``No decision here or there will shake us,'' he told supporters at his West Bank headquarters. ``We are bigger than all decisions.'' Meanwhile, Mr. Arafat today offered a new truce to Israel in an interview on an Israeli TV station, after Palestinian officials said the militant group Hamas had signalled it might agree to stop attacks on Israelis. Interviewed on Israel TV's Channel 2, Mr. Arafat was asked if there was a possibility for a new truce. ``Of course,'' he said. ``You're invited. The announcement was made yesterday,'' referring to remarks by his security adviser, Jibril Rajoub, on Tuesday.

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