Memoir recounts 1980s Israeli leadership discussion about targeting Yasser Arafat and a 1995 personal meeting

Summary

Memoir recounts 1980s Israeli leadership discussion about targeting Yasser Arafat and a 1995 personal meeting The passage provides a personal recollection of a conversation between Ariel Sharon, Rafael Eitan and a senior officer about eliminating Arafat, and later describes a casual 1995 meeting with Arafat. It contains no concrete evidence, dates of actions, financial flows, or new allegations against high‑level officials, and the details are already part of the public historical record. As such it offers minimal investigative value and low controversy potential. Key insights: Sharon allegedly asked a major‑general why Arafat was still alive and expressed willingness to plan an operation.; Reference to a prior rejected plan by the same officer a decade earlier.; A personal, non‑political encounter between the officer and Arafat in Barcelona in 1995.