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Article: Chance of Large-Scale Arab-Israeli Conflict Remains Remote, Experts Say.
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- March 30, 2002
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Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 30--WASHINGTON--In scattered protests and official statements, the Arab world condemned Israel's attack on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's compound Friday, but the chance of a large-scale Arab-Israeli conflict remains remote, Middle East experts said.
The leaders of Morocco and Lebanon called the Israeli move, in which troops and tanks demolished walls and clashed with Arafat's forces, an attack on this week's Arab peace proposal. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher described the action as "a message of war and aggression against Arabs."
Protesters took to the ...