Arafat cancels visit to Jenin camp of fears of being attacked there
Palestine, Politics, 5/15/2002

In an exclusive news, the Jordanian paper "al-Arab al-Youm" said that Arafat's cancellation on Monday of his visit to the Jenin camp came after Arafat was informed that real risks exist of him being attacked or even assassinated in this Palestinian camp.

The paper added that an Egyptian advise for Arafat not to enter the camp according to intelligence information made Arafat change his program and limit his tour to pass by in his car at the entrance of the camp.

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