maybe it wouldn't be fair to the dogs...
Posted on 11/09/2004 7:40:51 PM PST by Former Fetus
Israel: Ramallah burial not ruled out, but Gaza preferred
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Although Palestinian Authority leaders insisted Tuesday night that Yasser Arafat was still clinging to life, PA officials have already announced their decision to bury the chairman in Ramallah.
On Tuesday, officials said Arafat will be buried in his Mukata compound, expressing hope that he would later be reburied in Jerusalem.
The choice of the Ramallah headquarters appears to defuse possible confrontation with Israel, as Israel had said in past days it would not allow a Jerusalem burial.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1099973628375
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How about treating him like Eichmann, cremated and scattered at sea, so there's no place for people to congregate and keep his miserable memory alive?
how about Gehanna,... where he belongs.
Will I ever learn to make a link? Sorry y'all!
I agree. No grave, no marker, no nothing.
I still say throw him in the dumpster behind the hospital.
And I really am serious.
Well, if he's not going to die, why hold up the party.
Considering his alleged AIDS condition (heard it here at FR), perhaps San Francisco a good site?
Gehanna?
Help me out here.
What is Gehanna?
Here's the full article. JPost requires registration and is not on the FR "excerpts only" list.
Although Palestinian Authority leaders insisted Tuesday night that Yasser Arafat was still clinging to life, PA officials have already announced their decision to bury the chairman in Ramallah.
On Tuesday, officials said Arafat will be buried in his Mukata compound, expressing hope that he would later be reburied in Jerusalem.
The choice of the Ramallah headquarters appears to defuse possible confrontation with Israel, as Israel had said in past days it would not allow a Jerusalem burial.
The Israeli cabinet has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday to discuss funeral arrangements for Arafat. Israel had originally limited the potential burial sites to the Gaza Strip for security reasons, yet Israeli security officials said late Tuesday that the Israeli government would apparently not object to a West Bank burial.
"All discussions and assessments by security officials focused on Gaza, after Israel made it clear that the Temple Mount and Abu Dis [east of Jerusalem] were not negotiable," a security official told The Jerusalem Post.
"As for Ramallah, while it has not been raised in discussions, if the Palestinian Authority submits a formal request, it will be considered. It will not be ruled out, but Gaza remains the most suitable option," the official said.
Israel chose Gaza as the most suitable site since its border with Egypt would allow international dignitaries – including nationals of countries on unfriendly terms with Israel - access into the Strip via Egypt directly rather than having to travel through Israeli territory.
Meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak offered to hold a funeral ceremony for Arafat at the Arab League in Cairo, ahead of burial in Ramallah. A senior Palestinian official in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post that Arafat's body would first be flown from Paris to Cairo to enable world leaders to attend the farewell ceremony. He said the decision was taken in coordination with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
The Al-Jazeera television network quoted Palestinian sources as saying they did not rule out the possibility that Israel would eventually agree to bury Arafat in Jerusalem on condition that the funeral is held elsewhere. The sources said secret talks were under way between Israeli and Palestinian officials on the matter.
The Palestinian leadership is expected to hold a special meeting on Wednesday morning in Ramallah to discuss the funeral arrangements. If Arafat is dead by then, a 40-day period of mourning will be announced in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"This is one idea that we are discussing now," a Palestinian official said. "We will announce the final decision when Abu Ala [Qurei] and Abu Mazen [Abbas] return from Paris on Wednesday morning."
Tayeb Abdel Rahim, a top Arafat aide, confirmed at a press conference that the PA had decided to bury Arafat in Ramallah.
"The Palestinian people must be strong," he said, breaking into tears. PA Minister for Negotiations Saeb Erekat, who served as translator during the press conference, also wept when Rahim announced that Arafat would be buried in the Ramallah compound.
"We chose Ramallah because it is close to Jerusalem, where we are hoping to bury him in the near future," said Hassan Khraisheh, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and member of a special committee entrusted with overlooking the funeral arrangements. Palestinians said that after Arafat would be buried there, a mosque and monument would be built inside the compound.
The decision to bury Arafat in the Mukata compound, where he had been holed up for nearly three years, came as a surprise to many Palestinians, who said they were expecting the funeral to take place in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of mourners would turn up.
The decision was made by Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, who are jointly running the affairs of the PA in Arafat's absence.
Arafat's advisor Bassam Abu Sharif told the The Jerusalem Post that Arafat's death will cause Israel problems since Arafat is regarded as an important leader world wide, even by those who criticized him. His funeral arrangements will become an issue between Israel and the PA and will involve the international community , he predicted. The Americans are probably already discussing it with Israel, Abu Sharif said.
He added that Palestinian heads are talking about flying world leaders who have no relations with Israel into Ramallah, by helicopter. Such leaders would include some Arab leaders, Cuba's president Fidel Castro and others.
The announcement of the burial came following reports that Arafat's coma had "deepened." Arafat's aides said he had suffered a brain hemorrhage on Monday night at the Percy military hospital outside Paris and was expected to die within hours.
With Lamia Lahoud, Margot Dudkevitch and AP
All the more reason he should be cremated, his ashes mixed in a tub of pigfat and cement, and sent to sleep with the fishes.
Bury the fuccer in Mecka. After all, he's a true warrior of Islam battling the ev-il Jews, ain't he?
Ugh. I hate that s.o.b. ... not only do I not care where he's buried, I don't even care if he's dead yet when they do it.
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P.S. Hey Yasser. I hope dying really, really hurts. Oh, I most sincerely hope that there is a God so He can send you're miserable soul straight to Hell where Satan himself can spend the next thousand years roasting your intestines in front of you.
Nothin' but luv for ya.
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It matters little where they bury this world renowned terrorist...since he is going to hell for his murdering ways. Begone terrorist...
If G-d doesn't punish a man like Arafat for his murders of the innocent, then who? Surely Hitler is in hell burning at the stake and Arafat is soon to follow.
Men like Hitler and Arafat are a scourge upon the earth. We can only pray that G-d has a meaningful place for them both. My personal pray is that they both rot in hell.
maybe it wouldn't be fair to the dogs...
feed him to the dogs.
I'm not a PETA freak, but I believe dogs deserve better.
Yeah, but Arafat doesn't. Maybe we could find some Moslem dogs...
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