PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT HOLDS A BALL RECEIVED BY AN ITALIAN DELEGATION DURING A MEETING AT HIS HEADQUARTERS IN RAMALLAH

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat holds a signed football received from an Italian delegation of mayors from several Italian cities, during a meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 15, 2003. Israel's vice premier said on Sunday killing Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was an option in its threat to 'remove' him and the United States rejected the idea, warning it would trigger 'rage throughout the Arab world'. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic