Arafat threatens to resume the Intifada if Israel prevents a Palestinian state

Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat has said that the Palestinians can resume the Intifada (uprising) if Israel tries to prevent them from carrying out their rights in establishing their own independent state. In a speech he delivered on Friday before members of the Fatah movement in Ramallah Arafat added that the " Palestinian state will be established and Jerusalem will be its capital if Israel accepts that or does not." Arafat refrained from disclosing whether he will announced the establishment of the Palestinian state in the 4th of May. The Israeli radio reported.