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Jan Grarup RAPHO / Newsweek
"Yassir Arafat's Funeral"


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Thousands of Palestinians said goodbye to their first and only leader. Arafat fought his whole life for a free Palestine and in 1994 he received the Nobel Peace Prize together Yitzhak Rabin og Shimon Peres for their combined efforts toward peace in the Middle East. Arafat spendt his last years under house arrest in his headquarters in Ramallah, after Sharon came to power when the peace process was destroyed by militants and extremists on both sides of the conflict. Thousands of grieving Palestinians gathered for the funeral of Yassir Arafat at his headquarters in the westbank town of Ramallah. After an unidentified illness, Arafat was given permission to travel to Paris for medical treatment. He had previously been under houses arrest since the start of the recent Intifada. When his body finally arrived home for his funeral, tens of thousands gathered around the Mukata - Arafat's and the Palestinian Authority's headquarters.
 

 

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