Palestinian Leaders Going Ahead with Arafat Visit
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders were  going ahead with a visit to France to see critically ill  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a senior Palestinian  official told Reuters on Monday.
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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.
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With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in a French hospital, his top lieutenants will fly to Paris for consultations with his doctors, a senior official said Sunday, as Palestinian leaders worked to set up contingency plans in the event of the 75-year-old leader's death.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie plan to travel to Paris on Monday to visit the hospitalized president, Palestinian officials said on Sunday.
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PLO Secretary General Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia arrived in Paris last night on their way to finding out PA Chairman Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition first-hand, despite
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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Yasir Arafat&#39;s deputy in the Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qurei, will go to France on Monday to speak to
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Senior Palestinian officials hope to see  Yasser Arafat in a French hospital on Tuesday after traveling  to Paris despite a war of words with the Palestinian  president's wife.
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: Palestinian leaders on Sunday outlined plans to persuade visiting American envoys to pressure Israel into removing troops from urban areas to ensure smooth elections to replace Yasser Arafat.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy
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France will hold political talks with four leading Palestinian leaders who prepared to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ( news - web sites ) in a hospital near here, French Foreign Minister Michel ...
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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and other leaders traveled to France to see Yasser Arafat at a military hospital near Paris in a visit condemned by Arafat&#39;s wife, Palestinian officials said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders decided  in the absence of President Yasser Arafat on Sunday to carry  out a plan to restore law and order in the West Bank and Gaza,  a government minister said.
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Senior Palestinian officials said last night that a move is afoot among leaders of the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), whereby Abu Mazen would replace Yasser Arafat as chairman of the Palestinian
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JERICHO, West Bank A Palestinian leader who is campaigning to take the place of the late Yasser Arafat is pledging to follow in the footsteps of the longtime leader.
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A planned trip by Palestinian leaders to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French hospital has been postponed, Palestinian officials confirmed Monday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian premier was to convene a meeting Sunday of Yasser Arafatâs National Security Council, the latest in a flurry of sessions designed to show that institutions continue to function, despite Arafatâs absence.