Israel accused the Palestinian Authority Tuesday of smuggling arms for the Intifada, or uprising, aboard Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's plane, army chief of staff Shaul Mofaz was quoted by Israeli media as saying.
"The Palestinians are using Arafat's plane to smuggle arms for the use of rioters," Mofaz was quoted by Israeli public radio and television as telling the parliament's foreign defense committee.
The army declined immediate comment.
The violence that has engulfed the region in the past nearly six weeks has claimed the lives of 184 people, nearly all Palestinians -- JERUSALEM (AFP)
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