MK Tibi on 1998 as a personal  advisor to Yasser Arafat  on PLO.

By Ori Nir, Ha'aretz
9.2.02

A delegation of Israeli-Arabs, members of the "Arab Movement for Renewal" led by MK Ahmed Tibi visited Palestinian Authority Chairman in Ramallah on Saturday and participated in a chant calling on martyrs to march on Jerusalem.

The group had gone to Ramallah where Arafat has been kept by IDF troops who have encircled the city and positioned tanks just 100 meters from his office, for nearly two months, to express support for Arafat.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said that Arafat will be allowed to leave once those responsible for the killing of tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi and the Karine A weapons boat are brought to justice.

The delegation chanted "Millions of martyrs (Shahids) are marching on Jerusalem," a chant first expressed by Arafat earlier in the week and seen as condoning suicide attacks on the city.

Arafat told the delegation that the Palestinian people, with its resilience and its ability to withstand would overcome Israel's military plans to destroy the Palestinian Authority.

Tibi spoke of the importance of Palestinian unity in the face of "Israeli aggression."

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