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Rudy Giuliani: As mayor, asked Yasir Arafat to leave concert both attended

In 1995, the United Nations held a gala concert at Lincoln Center in NYC. Observing Yasir Arafat entering the hall, the mayor ordered that the PLO leader be told to leave.

A UN spokesperson called Giuliani’s action “an embarrassment to everyone connected with diplomacy.” The mayor, accused of overstepping his role by pursuing his own foreign policy, retorted, “I would not invite Yasir Arafat to anything, anywhere, anytime. I don’t forget,” referring to the PLO’s 1986 murder of Leon Klinghoffer.

Source: Flawed or Flawless, by Deborah & Gerald Strober, p.163 Jan 16, 2007

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