Israel Says No to Arafat Jerusalem Burial
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Israel is determined to keep Yasser Arafat out of Jerusalem even in death, with one Cabinet minister saying Friday that the holy city is reserved for the burial of Jewish kings, "not Arab terrorists."
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(New York -WABC, November 7, 2004) - Israel has made plans to bury Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Gaza Strip. Arafat wanted to be buried in the Arab section of Jerusalem, but Israel firmly denied his request.
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The United States on Friday refused to get involved in a row over ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s potential burial and said his death would not change US policy toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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JERUSALEM-- Families of Israelis killed in last year's war in Lebanon held a memorial ceremony at the national military cemetery yesterday, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not attend, drawing harsh criticism.
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Palestinian officials are denying Israeli reports Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat needed to be airlifted to Cairo to undergo surgery.
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Israel is determined to keep Yasser Arafat out of Jerusalem even in death, with one Cabinet minister saying Friday that the holy city is reserved for the burial of Jewish kings, &quot;not Arab terrorists.
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RAMALLAH - Israel&#39;s Cabinet on Wednesday officially approved a West Bank burial for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who remains in a deep coma in a French hospital, said Palestinian officials.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who remained in a deep coma and close to death at a hospital outside of Paris Wednesday, will be buried at his battered headquarters compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem, following a state funeral in Cairo, Palestinian, Israeli and Egyptian officials said.
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Israel will not participate in an international Mideast conference Britain is considering hosting, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today.
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Yasser Arafat will get a military funeral  in Egypt on Friday before burial in the smashed West Bank  compound where he spent his final years besieged by Israeli  troops without realizing his dream of a Palestinian state.
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Plans for a new walkway to Jerusalem's holiest site are scrapped amid archaeological concerns, Israeli officials say.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rejected a demand Sunday by Jewish settlers that he hold a national referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel has quietly backed off its plan to assassinate Hezbollah's leader because of the international condemnation that his killing would create, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected an appeal by his defense minister to halt excavation work near Jerusalem's most important holy site, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Israel agreed to a Palestinian request to bury Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and top Cabinet members on Wednesday overruled military chiefs who said that burying the Palestinian Authority
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Washington: The United States on Friday declined to join a row over the potential burial of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, adding that his death would not change US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.