Israel opts for low profile in Arafat burial
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SuIsrael said it would let the Palestinians bury their leader Yasser Arafat at the Muqata, the cramped bombed building in the West Bank town of Ramallah that has served as his headquarters in recent years.
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Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s coffin is loaded onto an aircraft for it&#39;s flight to Cairo after being carried by a French military honor guard, foreground, at Villacoublay airbase south-west of Paris, Thursday Nov. 11, 2004.
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As Yasir Arafat lay in a deep coma, Palestinian officials asked Israel for permission to bury him in Ramallah.
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Yasser Arafat's funeral will begin Friday inside a military compound on the outskirts of Cairo, in what will be a brief and solemn ceremony attended by scores of world leaders but closed to the public.
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Yasser Arafat remained in a critical condition as uncertainty mounted over who might succeed him and where he might be buried should he die.
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The sombre official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the Middle East after his death.
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His successors wanted an orderly funeral. They brought in bulldozers to clean up Yasir Arafat&#39;s broken-down headquarters in Ramallah.
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Israeli leaders are hopeful that Palestinians will choose a moderate and responsible successor to Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority president who died Thursday.
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Yasser Arafat cannot be buried in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet, while affirming his pledge to let the ailing Palestinian leader return to the West Bank if he recovers.
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On the Friday when the late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat was buried in the courtyard of the Muqata, the media reported that because of the fear of riots, the Israeli government had decided to close the Temple Mount mosques to residents of
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Israel&#39;s prime minster and the man expected to lead the Palestinians following the death of Yasser Arafat are willing to meet, they said at the weekend.
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Israel will allow Palestiniansecurity forces to take charge of security arrangements duringArafat&#39;s burial in Ramallah, local newspaper Ha&#39;aretz quotedDefense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying Thursday.
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Israel raises Palestinian hackles by planning a Gaza burial for Yasser Arafat as he lies ill in a Paris hospital.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are expected to hold low-key but direct talks on the mechanics of the January election to succeed Yasser Arafat after a promise to Washington
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 28 -- No crowds of well-wishers massed Thursday outside the Mukata, the mostly ruined compound where Yasser Arafat has been confined for the past two years. Only a throng of reporters assembled, peering through the smoked windows of sedans carrying officials to a frail old man who still embodies the national aspirations of many Palestinians.
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JERUSALEM, Nov 15  - Israel is looking on anxiously at the unfolding struggle to fill the void left by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, keen to assist moderate elements to ensure a peaceful transition of power.
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Israeli leader tells lawmakers that his plan is the only way for the nation to be secure. JERUSALEM -- Israel gave Yasser Arafat permission Monday to leave his compound briefly to receive medical treatment