Israel Plans for Arafat Burial in Gaza

Israel Plans for Arafat Burial in Gaza

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November 7, 2004 | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press Writer | Copyright

RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-07-2004
Dateline: JERUSALEM

Wellwishers light candles at the makeshift shrine for ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in front of the Percy Military Teaching hospital in Clamart outside Paris Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. Arafat was clinging to life in intensive care, but a senior aide denied Sunday he was in a coma. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Israel has drawn up preparations for Yasser Arafat to be buried in the Gaza Strip, outlining plans to let West Bank Palestinians cross through Israel for the funeral and allow enemy Arab leaders to attend, security officials said Sunday.

It was the latest development in the battle over Arafat's burial, going on even as the Palestinian leader fights for his life in a Paris hospital. …

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