Mausoleum of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unveiled in Ramallah

The Talkbacks here are revealing. No Palestinian is hated by the Zionists and their supporters as much as Yasir Arafat, Abu Ammar. The reason is pretty simple. Arafat had his share of flaws as a leader, but he was almost singled handedly responsible for giving his people, dispossessed from their native land and living in misery in the refugee camps, hope. He put Palestine back on the map and reforged the Palestinians as a people fighting colonial oppression and occupation. That was his biggest victory and the lasting defeat of the Zionists. They know it in their hearts and that's why they hate Arafat so much and will do anything to slander his name.

How naive you are. Read "Israel's Lebanon war", by Ze'ev Schiff and Ehud Ya'ari. This may change your mind. I witnessed the massacre. Because it made such an impact on me personally I have researched every available bit of information. Sabra/Shatila was Sharon's baby. His responsibility is personal. He devised the plan, he was the one who gave the green light, when all the avaible information indicated that a massacre was going to be committed. Sabra/Shatila was not his only crime. See what he did in Gaza in the early 70s and in Qibya in 1953. But Sabra/Shatila is his worst war crime and history will mark him as the war criminal he was.

Dutch, please document your preposterous claims. From 1948 and until today, the Arab countries surrounding Israel have prevented the establishment of a separate Palestinian Arab state. If they wanted, the Arab and Muslim world could help the Palestinian Arabs gain independence. Instead, they prefer to critique Israel and maintain the Palestinian Arabs' refugee status. The Palestinian Arabs are stateless refugees and neither the West-Bank nor Gaza belongs to them, legally. The status of these territories is simply undecided. Meanwhile, somebody must patrol these areas after Jordan and Egypt have pulled out. You are in error when you solely blame Israel for this situation.

Israel's admission to the UN was based on two conditions (1) the acceptance of full fledged Palestinian state and(2)the return of refugees. Since Israel has failed to fulfill its obligations it has condemned hundreds of thousands of innocent people to a wretched life in overcrowded refugee camps and in a stateless state of human/political affairs. In addition, Israel has maintained an unlawful occcuption in the Palestinian territoties since 1967 and has transferred it own civilian into territories it occupies in defiance of the 4th Geneva Convention and UNSC Resolution 242. Hence Israel is depriving the Palestinian people of their land and human rights and essential freedoms daily. Thanks , Dutch

Dutch, just as you make the occasional oversight in the composition of your text, the Arabs commit an error, each time when they attack the Jews. But, whereas your mistakes have few consequences, THEIRS are pretty enormous. There is absolutely no reason to present matters in reverse the way you do. It is a fact: the Arab citizens of Israel enjoy more freedom than those of Syria, Jordan or Egypt - in all these countries, civil rights do not exist. Your suggestion that the Jews are or were somehow 'mandated' to bring independence to the Arabs OUTSIDE of its own borders is ridiculous. Moreover, your idea that the Jews 'steal and persecute' is libelous. Can you prove what you say? Beware that this is a forum whose participants can read and write. We are not gullible folk who just watch TV. We do our own research and will seek to differentiate between science and slander. If you just wish to vilify the Jews, you should visit another place in the internet!

Dolly, It seems your US congresswoman doesn`t know the facts. Israel is mandated under the terms of its existance and admission to the UN to bring forth a Palestinian state and since it has failed to abide by those terms the Partition agreement should go back to the UN as its agreement is in default. But here is the real hypocrisy of Israel in 1947 the Zionists pleaded to the UN since the Nazis took had stolen their property & possession and persecuted them -they deserved a special dispensation of mercy. Imagine, these are the same people who today steal and persecute the Palestinian people in the territories and show no mercy for their neighbors when they are sick or injured and in need of special care and services but keep them daily behind checkpoints and an evil war. It`s both a national and international digrace. Dutch

Dolly, It seems your US congresswoman doesn't know the facts. Israel is mandated under the terms of its existance and admission to the UN to bring forth a Palestinian state and since it has failed to abide by those terms the Partition agreement should go back to the UN as its agreement is in default. But here is the real hypocrisy of Israel in 1947 the Zionists pleaded to the UN since the Nazis took had stolen their property & possession and persecuted them -they deserved a special dispensation of mercy. Imagine, these are the same people who today steal and persecute the Palestinian people in the territories and show mercy for their neighbors when they and sick or injured and are in need of special care and services and keep them daily behind checkpoints and an evil war. It's a national digrace. Dutch

Palestinian Thank you for telling the truth that most of the ones here who talk hog wash,and have neither been in the territoris,are mere strangers writing here "supposedly trying to take your sides".They achieve nothing bar spewing verbal abuse from their armchairs in comfort and no connection to your people at all. Through Arafat's legacy is what you are still suffering.And your list says it all. Now comes Abass with more of the same.Abass does not wear a uniform(what a sham that was with the RAT)But he is the same man who followed Arafat like a puppy(and now wears a suit.all nice and dandy.I will not go into the Hamas affair who are not helping,but are more of the same and more stagnation will ensue. I feel sorry for you Genuine Palestinian.The future looks bleak as things stand.But,hope remains eternal. BUT I THINK IT IS MORE LIKE IN ETERNITY SORRY TO ADMIT...

We all know the lists of dead on both sides by now. Who has the real courage to step up to the table and talk? Give the next generation on both sides a chance at normal lives.

gus # 2, when you talk about the number of war casualties, you show that you are part of a very strange culture. Anywhere else, people would display true sorrow, but for you, the victims are first of all a source of pride: look at how many people we sacrificed! In any other culture, people would think: the Arabs have many (more) dead - so they have LOST THE WAR. Why keep fighting, if the outcome is so obvious: even MORE people will die? Don't you learn a lesson?? And, if numbers are so very important to you, why don't you just accept that the Jews already ruled over the land of Israel more than a THOUSAND years BEFORE the birth of Mohammed? Doesn't that count for you? When will the Arabs stop dying for a land that clearly doesn't belong to them??

Good post Johnboy. Say, are they ignorant of the facts you lay out or are they attempting to deceive and push propaganda to make the 'jury' believe it is truth? Well, you know what they say about history, its "his story". Regards.

D: "whereas the Jewish Kingdom of Israel has existed for Four Thousand Years exactly where it is now when Arab States were vast colonies of sand." What, it was just hidden away all that time, was it? I believe you will find that it was able to spent all that time hidden from view because it had ducked behind the skirts of the Canaanites. Who are also still there - OF COURSE THEY ARE!!! - though they also became very good at hiding themselves from view. So sorry Dolly, but their claim to this land *does* predate your own people's claim. So cough it up luvvie, coz remember this unavoidable fact; when the Canaanites first planted their flag and said "It's all mine, OK" a 'Jewish State' had never ever existed; the Jews were definitely "Johnny come lately" to the neighborhood. So when the Canaanites finally jump up and shout "Ahah!!!!! Surprised to see me!!!!" then it all has to be handed over to them. Next Tuesday, I believe.

Hi there Dutch, 'tis but too true, a 'Palestinian State' has never existed and is only now being Proposed to be one, whereas the Jewish Kingdom of Israel has existed for Four Thousand Years exactly where it is now when Arab States were vast colonies of sand. Therefore I ask - why 'jab' at Israel only? Why do not other Arab States help towards building a 23rd State when you already have 22 others. Its really not fair when Israel has only 0.01% of land whereas Arabs have 99.09%. You should have heard the Discussion by American Democratic Congresswoman Lowie when she slammed at the Saudis and Palestinian/Arabs living in America for not helping towards this goal.Sorry.

Get your history straight. Ghandi? You obviously don't know who he was. In meantime, the only semites in the Middle East are the Egyptians,the Jordanians and the Syrians. If you mean the Israelis, they are European and from the US. As for yourself, get your religion straight. You're certainly not a Christian, just an evangelical Republican.

a swear word in frustration or anger? You might as well, as to use it in another language. The "H" is for Holy. His Name is Holy in EVERY language. It is about His Word, not what tounge we use to call upon Him.

1. Arafat destroyed the good civilized palestinian image and set a very bad example of thieves whom youngsters are trying to follow. 2. He destroyed the social fabric of the palestinian society. 3. More importantly, he messed up, spoiled and destroyed the palestinian cause. 4. Can you tell us where the national dream has ended up? Masses of unemployed, poorly educated mobs are occupying the palestinian streets polluting the environments with their cigarettes smoke and farting!

Ahead of this summit in order to weaken any opposition. Just this morning 2 sons of a Kahanist activist were killed in a suspicious car accident. see more here http://savejudea.blogspot.com

Hello Dolly, I am convinced if they don't come up with a viable Palestinian state --Israelis won't have a future in the Middle East. Many people won't support an Israel in the absence of a viable Palestinian state. That's the reality. No Palestinian state--No Israel. Now it's all gotten very serious and direct and Israel's hardliners have no one but themselves to blame. Dutch

When you are feeling down there is nothing like a good laugh to help you. I cant stop laughing at Dutch posting. She tells you how love able Arafat was. I cant stop laughing.

scallywag You forgot they have an extra $1.000.000 for the mini "Hollywood Palace"they want to create in Gaza.Very elaborate,with all the luxuries etc.But are short of the rest,being: $$$$$ 4.000.0000 in hopes some of their Arab brethren will provide.Laugh?You can guess the rest.The thing is, what with the restrictions with their fundementalism, how can they enjoy it even if they get the rest of the "dosh"? What would be the point?I laughed when I read about it at JPOST late last week.So puerile it makes one wonder about their mentality. Now,if we Jews had decided to act in this manner,instead of working hard to build a country(even before the re-birth of Israel)where would we be today? probably like them in the gutter...Sorry I went on a tangent here....

Someone in Israel knows the answer. Perhaps they may also know who made the enormous withdrawals from the account held at the Swiss Bank... how many opportunists, beside Arafat&Co, had their fingers in the pie?

well if the talkback posters can demonize Arafat even after his death, and its people, including children, let us talk for a momen a about one of the famous war criminals. How Sharon is doing?

that and damn its a bore. Dont bother with the typical 'no its you who are boring reply, again boring. Its not sick, its war and you as an american should know better, we are involved now whether people like you admit it or not in WW3, 911 was the first shot, the world is fighting a global Islamo-fascists and no Im not a neo-con and no Im not going to type here the long list of every city, every country that has been bombed since 911 by the arab/muslam bastards,and yes it was with great pleasure also to know that they blew themselves up for the most part at the airport in scotland and that there intended goal of killing innocent civilians was not realized, all those attacks and there are many world wide is WHAT IS SICK. SHEEEESH, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST BLIND OR BLISSFULLY IGNORANTTTTTTTT, HINT HINT WINK WINK. AND IF YOUR GOING TO POST ABOUT ISRAEL, JESUS H.CHRIST, LIVE THERE BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN SHEEESH.

Elizabeth, That is just sick. What happened to the nice Canadians that we've all read about? Peace. Steve

Dolly, "Land was NEVER ruled by Arabs as a separate nation. " So what. Peace. Steve

on 'Palestine' and it was a true and concrete discussion wherein she mentioned the many Palestinians living in America today who have done well in Businesses of their own there and she wondered why it was that more of them did not attempt to work more with their Brthren in the region of Palestine in order to help them with their Economy. Furthermore, she made mention of the fact that the Saudis who are building 'Seven Story Buildings' and spending masses of mnney and at the same time asked why it was that they did not think of helping their Arab Brethren living in the Palestinian Territories when they could well afford to. Truly said indeed. It was aired on Israeli Television.

If you would but read the Holy Bible or the Testaments you might glean some knowledge of who the 'First Palestinians' were under the Romans who gave the region the name.... and who the true owners are.... and who ruled Palestine from time to time.... Answer: [1] The Jews were the 'First Palestinians'under Roman Rule.... [2] The Jewish people with their 'Promised land'in the region of Palestine with Jerusalem as their Capital are the true Owners of this land since 538 BCE. [3] This Land was ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and Christian Crusaders, by the Ottoman Empire amd briefly by the British. This Land was NEVER ruled by Arabs as a separate nation. It is about this time that a Group of Arabs would like a Proposed State being their 23rd Arab State called Palestine in the Region. Talks are now taking place with this view in mind at Annapolis at the end of November.

you wrote----"Baruch Goldstein murdered tens while Arafat murdered many thousands, just because they were Jewish. Shouldn,t that iclude that"Baruch Goldstein murdered tens, because they were Arabs"???? Or do we assume you honor Golstein or Lives only matter somewhere above "Tens". I thought Arafat was a thug but he killed Jews because they were his enemy, not because they were Jews. You seek to minimise the actions of Golstein and maximise those of Arafat.Now why is that.

or even if only half the amount had been spent on that thief.

Robert, Remember Sharon's famous quote wherein he said that a dead Arab child is just one less terrorist later in life. There are no clean hands when it comes to infanticide. Peace. Steve

that even though there are Arabs who wish to be known as Palestinians, and are even accepted as being Palestinians, it is not legal as yet. Those who had been living under the British Mandate were always authentically known as Palestinian/Arabs, while the Refugees from different neighbouring Arab countries are actually Arabs. Why is it one wonders that some of them reject their true identity?

Prof. Hamil, There are a lot of Palestinians that reside in this area of the country. They work very hard and are valuable to their communities. Your reprehensible generalizations bespeak a very adamant bigotry. Arabs have done a great deal to advance our society. Archimedes, Algebra, the zero, Al-Kharizmi. I am sure there is more but my paltry historical education is not adequate. Peace. Steve

K, At least you are one of the few here who are thinking constructively. Unfortunately, one can't eat bricks. Perhaps we should consider a more comprehensive program. Peace. Steve

Ghandi, Perhaps you are right but I harken back to John Donne's famous quote. Besides, were it not for the charitable assistance of others, there would be no US for us to hide away in. Peace. Steve

Klaudia I?ll nominate myself too and second the motion!

Christo, Arafat isn't even close to the original terrorist. According to most definitions, terrorism started during the French Revolution (1789). I am sure that the Brits would have considered many of the colonial tactics "terrorism." That was classic assymetrical warfare. Your attribution to Arafat ignores even Jewish contributions like the King David Hotel and Count Bernadotte. Nobody has a monopoly on terrorism and every terrorist believes their cause justifies their means. You obviously allow your hate to distort your objectivity. Peace. Steve

WOW Klaudia Hole in one! Out of the "car park"That must be purtified..

Yonatan, The 83 beirut bombing is a bad example. It isn't strictly terrorism in the same vein as the Hebrew University cafeteria. A marine barracks is an entirely military target and the US was bombarding the Shiites from battleships in the Meditarranean. Technically, that is self-defense. The idiot Reagan should have known better than to stick his nose in that hornet's nest. Whether Arafat supplied those weapons or not is irrelevant to his legacy. Peace. Steve

The usual methods of trying to see what the opinions will be and gather from there. Poor deluded Abass has nowhere to run,so Ooops he says:I know,I'll bring the RAT Arafat out of the "car park" and put the proposition of his being buried in Jerusalem.YES!he thinks,that should do it...hmmm Eh,What? Demands,Palliwoods,Mickey Mice,Well,they have tried everything in the book,and this is the latest version.BUT!OOOOHHH what about his sex scandals? Oh dear thinks Abass....well we cabn still try it,if it doesn't work,we can change the CAR PARK INTO A "MAUSOLEUM"Yesss that is it. Bloody comedians the lot of them.be it Ham-ass or Fat-ah!

KUDOS TO YOU BABE,WHAT A LOVELY EXPOSITION And here is my small addendum,plus yours. The roes quartz,Italian marble(properly honor his homosexuality). 24 k naked gold cherubs symbolizing he sexual predation of innocent boy flesh(one like the photo)had many who followed him for his delight. And I cannot go any further,too exciting for words. So much ?dosh?for such scare crow!

Israelis were so cruel to this lovely man. I don't deny he had many short comings and swindled great sum of money but so did they from American Tax payers to build illegal settlements and by-pass roads. Yet to accuse Arafat of promoting all terror attacks against Israel is something not even the great James Bond could have pulled off under house arrest. Shame on them when the world loved him. Dutch

Fortuna I cannot get over the picture and the announcement by Abass as though he already has a country(NOT)to ask for the RAT to be buried in Our Jerusalem(tainting our Capital/Holy City,but he is already thinking he will have our Jerusalem as his capital... I am so disgusted,I couldn't believe what I was reading... Fortuna sorry,but this is not only unnerving but sick to the stomach to read..

What an amazing afrontery by Fatah! I did say on many occasions,there is no difference between Hamas and Fatah. For the RAT to be burried in OUR JERUSALEM and still expecting that Jerusalem will be their capital?Now I've heard everything!They have no country as yet IF EVER.and here comes Abass the fink making annoucements even before the "Road Map"is even discussed,or amended..

omg that was funny, whats even more funny is the state' pun intended, that the those high IQ arabs find themselves in after arafarts legacy of evil death and theft to boot! haha civil war and arabs throwing their brothers off roofs, cause I guess they are saving their supply of bullits for Jews. SAME OLD SAME OLD, THEY NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY:) KEEP MISSING THEM, :)

Within lifetime of most of us the 'Israelis' will be falling back on Palestinians' magnanmity not to ship them back to wherever they were shipped to Palestine from but grant them land enough in Palestine for them to live and follow their faith in peace. The Palestinians will probably grant the 'Israelis' much more - equal citizenship and rights in the state of Palestine with complete freedom to follow their faith and unhindered access to the Jewish places of worship. Thats when the wandering Jew will finally have a place he can call home where he can dwell in peace and honour.

If Abu mazen is going to follow in Arafat's footsteps, I think Israel should rejoice, because deception, lies, incompetence, and corruption, will never impress on either Israel, or the international community, the justice of the Palestinian cause, and their right for an independent state.

It is known that Suha officially gets 22 million dollars a year from that sum. Poor Suha, she can`t manage with 21 million dollars a year so she needs 22. Even the queen of Saudia does not get such a yearly sum. What bout Abbas ? He says that Arafat was born in Jerusalem, though he knows very well that the Cairo born Arafat had a false Jerusalembirth certificate given to him with the compliments of the Soviet Government.

Well, Abu Mazen succeeded at the first attempt.

How many Palestinians can be fed and medically treated with the 1.75 million dollars? Mahmoud Abbas is a pathetic weasel who deserves the title of a certified moron. He does not seem to give a rats butt about the plight of his people and has money to squander on a mausoleum for a dead man who can no longer help his people, not even when he was alive. Oh how this makes me puke!

yassir the midget. doris dont you know he didnt go for women and in your case im not surprised. wher is the $6billion he stole from his stupid followers ? the state he promised them? no doris just another con man who fooled the world !!!

their mothers' arms, to mass murder the elderly, to inflict death on children in schools and on buses. Arafat was indeed a chief murderer and the Palestinians honor him. What does it say about them??!!

and perhaps he did have AIDS Did I say he wasn't infected and got killed by HIV/AIDS? Of course not. One thing for sure, French didn't declare Arafat as Pedophile or Homosexual. As they didn't say that Arafat was killed by Israelis intelligent by poisoned him with AIDS either. But please just read what Israelis apologists say about Arafat in this forum.

Mr. Abbas' legacy will be relegated to the dust bins of history.

That will keep the Gazans busy for the next decade or so! LOL !!

Dutch, have you had tea lately with Arafarts friend Gretta Duisenberg?? Please stick to your circle of friends, on and off the web, it will make this website a lot more "kosher". So long Dutch, NOT auf wiedersehen !

So the PA has enough money to lavishly spend on this monument. They could have filled childrens stomachs, bought medicines, contributed to Gaza's infra structure. No, instead they waste it on a costly monument for Arafart the terrorist leader who died of AIDS and they beg the EU for money to rebuild their "Palestine". PA has its priorities all mixed up. When will they learn??

Thedre were several occassions that the ISraeli intelligence services sent warnings to Arafat about plots to assassinate him by his fellow Arabs. At least four . In life he was a murdering lying corrupt leader. In death, well ... just another stiff that was a lying murdering thief in life. I know if you cant say anything good about the dfead dont say anything at all. OK. Arafats dead....GOOD!!!!

Dont let a few facts get in the way of a good aanti semetic rant Indrajayah. Fact It was not ISrael that started the pedophile thing, it came out of France. The rumour of Arafat dying of Aids was promulgated from one of the news wire , not anything to do with Israel. Who knows, maybe indeed the french were right, and perhaps he did have AIDS, he did look pretty messed up before the end. Check the facts out first rather than trying to make trouble where throuble does not exists. Stop trying to be promoted to a complete idiot will ya

Think of all the nutbars that will want to see his grave so they too can become terrorists. Unfortunately for Arafat, he blew his chance to make the transition from terror leader to statesman. It was just too hard for him to do. So really he is just another murdering son of a bitch with a gun on his belt, who lied and deceived his way to power, left his people bankrupt and destitute while his wife and daughter get millions each year and live the life of luxury in paris. He let his people buy bombs and bulets rather than butter and bread. A real Prince that arafat, a real prince.

...could be sealed up in this mausoleum, too. Then the high costs would be worth it....

Great idea except Palestinians will steal all the equipment and stones before the base is completed and you have forgotten that Palestinians exist on Hand outs not work. Palestinians do not care for working they prefer to play the victim. Other than that its a good idea but too advanced for Arabs. You must recall that the Pyramids were built by Jews and Egyptians than have nothing to do with the Arabs who occupy Egypt now.

Hey according to the Palestinian people the poor Palestinians can barely get pita but they have money to squander on a Mausoleoms for Terrorist Depots. If Arafat and his mob like PLO/Fatah terror group had not robbed his people blind for 40 years perhaps Palestinians might have a better standard of living but no he robbed every last shekel. Arafat's wife is now the proud inheritor of Arafat's vast 4+ billion dollar fortune in Swiss accounts and this man won the nobel peace prize and shook the hand of the president of the Unites state? This confirmed homo-sexual pedophile terrorist is being honored? This very man is one reason why there is no peace for Arabs or Israels I hope he burns in utter agony for eternity. Yamach Schmo Arafat veh zichoron!

Dutch 82# You say that "Arafat was the most beloved arab who ever lived". I always assumed that Mohammed the founder of Islam was an Arab.

I propose a state sponsored mega-project that will unite the Pals in the West Bank with their brothers in Gaza. Gotta bring the Gazans on board here so that we can have the Great Pyramid of Gaza to rival the Great Pyramid of Giza. Smuggle the blueprints out of Egypt via the tunnel network, and let the work begin. Arafat's pyramid tomb would become a marvelous tourist attraction, Pals would finally find some self esteem because they have CREATED rather than DESTROYED and peace would follow. I nominate myself for the next Nobel Peace Prize. Anybody care to second the motion ?

Will he be out confronting tanks or picking up rocket launchers.

Poor old Arafat just turned over in his grave when he saw his chintzy tomb. After all, latest audits reveal that the PA tucked away many BILLIONS of looted EU and UN $$$. Glass and beige Jerusalem stone ? How cheap can you get ! Where is the imported rose quartz, the pink Italian marble ( to properly honor his homosexuality). Where are the 24 k naked gold cherubs to symbolize his sexual predation of young innocent boy flesh ? Where are the diamond and ruby encrusted missiles ? Oh, and a black onyx mask, possibly studded with emeralds ,would be way cool too. How about it, you Pals ? Don't be so tight with your loot. Or Arafat may come back to haunt. BOO !

Mostly Israseli civillians Talk about double talk.

Thats the "moderate" Abbas carrying the Arafat torch of future "negotiations".

Who opened the doors of the Swiss bank for Arafat?

the middle east problem would have been solved already.

for weapons - no wonder that there doesnt remain money for helping the average palestinian in his poverty!

"Martyred president"?? Arafat died of AIDS! He was a victim of the oppression and hypocrisy about homosexuality in Palestinian society. I doubt it if Abbas meant that!

by saying that Arafat as the most beloved. Do you know what happens when offending the Prophet (MHRIH)? Theo Van Gogh's fate maybe awaiting you?

This is the same people that are claiming they need financial aid and there are no jobs and the economy is suffering? What a great use of money this is! Am I the only one that thinks this is just ridiculas?

I believe this Mausoleum to be a fiiting tribute to Araft. Every dog in RAmallah will now be able to relieve himself in style agaist its walls.

Israel. Is this also Abbas's intention? An if so, why don't we simply say to him: Manage your autonomy and this will be the beginning and the end of what we are willing to do with you? Indeed, in the long term it would be best for all to incorporate most of the West Bank in Jordan and the Gaza Strip in Egypt. No other "state" solution is likely to bring about peace to this region, none.

Arafat had the opportunity to go down in history as a great leader. Someone who sacrificed himself for peace and for the betterment of his people. INSTEAD, he will be remembered (and the Palestinian cause) as someone who could not make the hard decision to pursue justice for his people through peaceful means. HE IS NO GHANDI or MARTIN LUTHER KING and right now he is suffering in hell (if there is one) for his sins against humanity.

abbas is risking being accused to advocate mass murder of "pals"...Does he want his people to engage in the same behavyor that brought "afatrat's" belately death???? To pursue the example of the "chairman",and his predilection of young boys???There w'll not be enough hospitals in Paris,to treat them all...Something very strange is going on here...

Goldstein was never a leader of Israel, nor is he worshiped by Israelis or jews abroad. (except for a few lunatics).

No doubt, punishment from Allah for his mortal's sins. (funny to use mortal)

Everyone knows what your stance is, no need to repeat it, it is getting kind of boring.

Even in your wettest dreams you have no idea how habby you will be as my third beloved wife. I will make head of my Harem of ladies and Camels. A bright future awaits you, my deer.

Arafat compared to Sharon and Begin and Olmert and Barak and Peres is a nice boy scout.

where is the beloved sharon right now? neither alive nor dead.Inexplicable are the ways of The ruler of the minds of people. Is there anyone who cares to reflect?

A muasoleum for a murderer,an aids infected pedophile,a corrupted thief,a homosexuel,who would have been hung in the city square in most Moslem countries for being gay. The Palestinians deserve him. St.Mary Ann Of Bathurst

Maybe this is where America is terrorism!The love of money.

insipidly simple .

Did they let you out for the day?

"We will continue on the path of the martyred President Yasser Arafat..." Arafat died from natural causes. He didn't sacrifice himself in battle. It would be highly unnatural for him to be a martyr, he was always only capable of sending others to their deaths.

Arafat is in good company: Lenin and Mao Tse-tung also have mausoleums. What do the three leaders have in common? They brought pain and misery to their people, and were directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of large numbers of their own citizens. They did this while pursuing a brutal, inhuman ideology which outlived them by only a few decades.

Saint of Sin, loathsome amOng aids PATIENTS, Arafat belongs to you!

He was trash.

Now! is your turn to take abuse. you vile representative of disgust! " I guess."

Amazing isn't it? Israel and America love to do business with crooks... birds of a feather I guess.

i was going to answer your incredbly stupid comment(and dutch's #80) but then i thought to myself that what u think is absolutely irrelevant.because israel and world jewry has always been and will always be -i hope that the thought sticks in your throat.

It shows how little you know of the arab world, and how even less you care for the palestinians.

This is a bad start. If Abbas wows to continue on Arafat path, there will never be a palestinian state. Arafat never wanted to achieve that goal. And yes he has a lot of blood on his hands, not only Jewish but Palestinian to.

instead of burying him in jerusalem,maybe he should be buried in zurich, you know--were all the palestinian aid money is.things dont seem to change ,the more he screwed you and stole from you the better you like it.

I thought the Jews are smarter than that when they accuses Arafat as a Pedophile to smear his name around the world. What has been happening is the oposite, it is the Jews who been insulted themselves by that ACCUSATION. Exactly like what happening to Mahathir when he accused his enemy ANWAR IBRAHIM as homosexual and a pedophile.

While millions of Palestinian men, women and children were living in the most imporvershed of environments, their so called hero was hording millions of dollars in international and tax funds earmarked to help the people, not the leader. His wife was living in a five star hotel in Paris at a cost of $16,000 a day meant for those who had nothing to eat. It is not just the blood of Jews that he had on his hands. Yet a blind a eye is turned to this fact as long as the "Jew" was the enemy. Abbas was no better and was one of his henchmen. Just keep this in mind when all you left wingers are willing to hand over the land deed to Jerusalem.

If not because Arafat sacrifices, no people in the world today would even remember that Palestinians people ever existed in history. After 1967, Israel thought his conquered over palestinian land was already completed. They tgought Palestinians struggles was over forever, the GREATER ISRAEL was done. But they are mistaken by the spirit of palestinians to fight, led by ARAFAT and his PLO. God Bless ARAFAT in his GRAVE FOREVER.

I thought the Palestinians were a distinct society and not Arabs? interesting...

Palestinians say what they mean and mean what they say, but the fearless leader, Abu Olmert, chases after the hudna of the brave at the nation's expense and at Condi Rice's command. I believe a storm is coming to Israeli society and politics that will be less than pleasant, as a consequence of the national weakness of the so-called leadership.

the truth. Do not copy your Illiterate rapist founder. Be literate, If you are intelligent, why you believe a subhuman who is illiterate rapist that invented a cult worshipping a false ilah? Telling the truth is not hate.I want to save you and open your eyes. Go to these site to enlighten you; Islam Review (pen vs sword), Ask Prophet mo and Prophet of doom. Don't be an idiot!

For the sake of his brothers the mausoleum had better be well sealed from within.

revulsion is the key word

AND Palestinian BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blow our minds, will you?! How STUPID to equate murder with purity of sou!... Yea!, Sure! Arafat was never a part of sinful bloodletting. What a f-ing fool are YOU!

this sums up the Palestinian quest. Their main leader who took over the PLO in the late 60's wasn't even from this land. He called himself a Palestinian though and everyone agreed with him. This just proves that there were no Palestinians and any arab may join the nation. Maybe arabs should go back to Arabia where they came from and not the middle east. Then there would be peace.

The Tanach talks about the eyes of a man, the right eye being a window into the soul...this boy shows fear in his right eye and distrust in his left...typical exploitation...

Yes, Arafat should be buried in Jerusalem along with the other kings of Israel as he became the King of Kings whether Israeli officials wish to accept this. The world made a path to his door and they will continue. Think of all the tourists and visitors he will brng. Dutch

The most beloved Arab that ever lived. Despite Israel's efforts to make him irrelevant he become one of the best relevant men in the world. God rest his soul. Dutch

and replace it wit one bigger for Yassin wich remains will be burried in Al Aqsa , After Hamas takes over the muqata'a terror headquater in Ramallah , Road map , El Condi , Al Blair , Abu Peres , Abu Beilin , Abu Gihad Levy , Abu Olmert Gov't will not oppose Hamas move so as not to provoke the Jihad opposition to Zionism ,

Arafat was HIV positive wasn't he ? Road Map , Abu Condi , Abu Blair , Abu Peres , Abu Beilin , Abu Gihad Levy , Abu Kadima have no mandate to negotiate in the name of arabs (pals) . But same as Arafat living terror legacy Abbas , they all are continuing the path, continuing the pledge, to establish an independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital, So as to appease the arabs blackmails threats and extortions and not to provoke the Jihad opposition Zionism , All these Abus will as a show of allegiance to terror Arafat legacy pay a visit to his tomb , walk around it as in Mecca and recite verses from the Qur'an , each time they show up at the muqata'a terror headquater in Ramallah , As soon as Hamas takes over Ramallah , Hamas will dismanttle Arafat's Mausoleum outpost to the grief of the said Abus , same as Hamas latetely did to terror Arafat headquater under Abbas in Gaza ,

Perhaps the train track is a reminder of the five to six billion dollars he is thought to have stashed away in Swiss and French banks. The thought of this archterrorist being buried in Jerusalem is enough reason for Israel to refuse to split Jerusalem!

I go back to my original proposal: two peoples, one state. You will be surprised how much both will learn from each other. Menachem Bagen and Ariel Sharon rewarded by becoming Prime Ministers. Why not a mausoleum for Arafat?

Nice hearing from some of the Palis here. Forget your brainwashed history, Jews have always lived in the Middle East. You so-called Palis belong to the artifical country of Jordan - Gazans are part of Egypt. Time you learned the truth. Arafat was from EGYPT, the nice homosexual terrorist that he was. Glad you worship him. He stole money that should have gone to you. Good luck with ABBAS (Arafat in a suit - but he's not gay).

To Mr. Abbas, To put it bluntly, honoring a mass murder and a terrorist is not in the best interests of the Palestinians. Imagine if Germany decided to put up a tomb and a church for Hitler. While Arafat's crimes are not on the same level numerically, they are of the same type. Arafat took your money, stole the rights of your civilians, and instead of using what resources he had to help your people, he killed Jews. How is honoring this man going to help you negotiate with these same Jews, especially when a majority of them think you have no case to begin with. Stop acting like the world actually owes you anything, and start trying to get on Israel's good side. You aren't going to get a state of your own if you establish that one of your national heroes has the blood of Israeli children on his hands. It doesn't work that way. Rethink your strategy sir, if you want your dream of a Palestinian state to come true. By the way, give up Jerusalem, thats a lost cause.

A billion dollars in stolen money would do alot of good in Jerusalem and developing the city more for its JEWISH residents. So lets take his money to Jerusalem

Sharon kept him locked up in a few small rooms with just a few handsome bodygaurds for company. There is no way Sharon would have allowed Arafat access to condoms. So its thanks to Sharon to blame for the fact that Arafat is not scaming any international aid money today.

Imperfect as he might have been, compared to the founding fathers of Israel, such as Ben Gurion, Yadin, Alon, Rabin, Peres, Sharon, etc, Arafat would be a saint. All of them committed mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and cultural genocide.

PLEASE GOD YOU WILL BE RIGHT That will be the best way to remeber him .. they turned him into an idol but he ended just a broken down man in a hospital bed in France where he died of AIDS. The last pictures of this man who made himself a God to terror of a sick old man in his pyjamas being taken away from his compound to be flown to France. Thats the Arafat we should remeber fondly.

How fitting that a young boy should be holding the photo of arafish, as he was very, very fond of young boys.....ole "tiger"!

To elevate this dirt-bag to the level of sainthood is so scurrilous and plainly obscene, that it will be no wonder if the people so deceived by the avaricious tyrrant never achieve statehood.

Ronald Reagan said it best commenting on what passes for Arab leadership. "A collection collection of looney tunes and squalid criminals". That is about the best thing that can be said about Jimmy Carter's great Arab buddy. The Pals can have this complete zero as their godfather, and their mother and it speaks volumes.

Howdy Palestinian; You can keep Yasser Arafat's (MHRIH) vile, despicable, terrorist, lying, thieving, AIDS-ridden corpse planted in Ramallah along with the water, railroad track, and mausoleum until hell freezes over. How can Abbas claim that Arafat (MHRIH) was martyred? He died in bed in a French military hospital of an AIDS-induced blood disorder. That's some martyrdom. My only regret over Arafat's (MHRIH) fortuitous demise is that he had the audacity to die on Veterans' Day (or Armistice Day) which I consider to be an insult to all real soldiers. If you want to love Arafat (MHRIH), then do it in Ramallah--just keep his remains out of Jerusalem.

You know what is amazing... After Israel was formed on the smoldering ruins of 500 Arab villages in 1948 - the Palestinians pretty much did nothing for 20 years. Arafat came along and gave his people hope, that they don't need to live as prisoners in refugee camps for the crime of being Palestinian - when another people wanted their land. Arafat is to be admired. He may have been involved in struggle - but with less blood on his hands than any Israeli leader - but he gave that up and tried to make peace. Israel slammed him for everything Al Aqsa did, but they don't slam Abbas in the same way. There was a slime campagn against Arafat because he was the only one who could bring real peace - the only one with the credibility to deliver the goods to Israel. But Israel wanted the settlement rather than peace. Whether they poisoned him or not, Israel got rid of Arafat because he was an impediment to greater Israel. He died for the sins of the settlers.

I think you will find that not all palestians love AR FAT pocketed terrorist. There are a whole bunch of tham that couldnt stand the man and are not sorry he is dead because they knew he was so corupt and the only ones he looked after were his inner circle of die hard loyalists ... the ones who made all the real money and sent their kids to school in Jordan and had luxury homes outside Rallamlah. His wife certainly wont miss him she is having a great time in France living like an arab princess I heard that Gadafi has a thing for her the palestians certainly hate her. This mousolum is about politics not a love of the man or that any of them actually thought he was a good leaders who achived anything but creating anything that ordionary people found usefull. Also more proof Abbas is just Arafat in a suit nothing another PLO man that wants a palestian state that will replace Israel & like Arafat uses stealth tells the west & Israelis what they want to hear not his real goals.

No doubt he was 'cleared' by the same Israeli courts who say targeted assassinations are okay as that alleviates jail crowding and the need to bother with pesky details such as evidence, confronting witnesses, blah, blah. Say, what kind of democracy is that, exactly? Sharon is still hovering in purgatory chatting with God about what any court may have "cleared" him of. Arafat is buried; Sharon is not, or so we last heard. Arafat will be buried in Jerusalem, wait and see if he is not. I don't believe Israel will be getting all of Jerusalem, nope, I don't, and as dumb as Dubya is, he has refused to move the US Embassy there cause he knows what you know not, splitsville. Regards.

Why bring God into the Holocaust? If one believes God is omnipotent and omniscient, how can you reconcile that tragedy with God? A very odd post indeed.

THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM TO BUILD ROADS AND SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE PEACE, ENDED UP BUYING WEAPONS TO KILL JEWS AND TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION(HAMAS/AL QUEIDA)OF MURDERERS HOW TO DESTROY THE WEST BY SPEAKING ABOUT "PEACE OF THE BRAVE" BUT THEN KILLING ALL OF YOU!THE WEST ARE A BUNCH OF SUCKERS!!!!THE ARABS HAVE LEARNED(TAUGHT BY THE WEST) THAT THEY CAN DESTROY US FROM WITHIN WITH IMPUNITY AND WE WILL TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.

Nation of Jewish People will never let you contaminate such beautiful city with poison waist. Best Regards

You can see the education received and still being received. Do you think your cousin Muslims are going to allow you to rule over Jews. You have been used for political purposes. There is a saying we Arabs will fight till every Pal is dead. If you notice it doesnt say till every Israeli is dead. Look at the money spent on Arafats Mausolem it could have been used to build a high school , hospital or interstrycture named after him. Jee I wonder why your Arab cousins dont trust you.

Did Carter, Chirac and Beilin attend the ceremony? Or they were not invited?

The most disgusting part in history of Palestinian territories is to have mausoleum with body of a person who bring them poverty and suffer probably forever. Sure money used for constriction is not money that he steal from people money probably stolen from aid to Palestinians again. It will take time and time again to see how much damage is done by him. Your question mark makes me think that you not happy about the fact that Jewish nation have right to protect its existence. You wrong!!

Try to imagine him.........with young boys ..........on a bed with......lubricant...............Viva la palestine!!!

It is well known that Arafat was an active homosexual and had his way with many young boys. His death unfortunately came too quickly.

a truly vile and evil individual, though many are vying for his same status

The money would have been better spent on AIDS research.

yasser Arafat died as a martyr he was great man ........once he puts Israel under his foot Arafat gone but there is millions Arafat ......we last our land but still we alive and Arafat will be a symbol of revolution for us ......we Palestinian dose not have the right to live to return back to our home land the right of freedom to fight our enemy we have only one way by holding the weapons and die as a martyrs for our home land the day will come and we will rule you Jews .........................I THINK ITS FREEDOM FOR PRESS

Abbas must be nuts .Jerusalem should never and will be never divided.Dividing jerusalem would be devastating.Jerusalem should and must stay United

Arafat was a man who made himself rich by ensuring his people stayed poor and downtrodden.

Just for a point of information. I thought fuel for elecricity low. How can you use your computer so freely? As I said point of information

Don't be hypocrits. Every Israeli leader has been more involved in kiling than Arafat. Shamir, Begin - terrorsts, Sharon - war criminal, every other Israel leader has ordered unlawful assasinations, bombings, invasions, etc. The question is do you want peace or not? Try to clean your brains of the brainwashing, and start seeing Arabs as equals and brothers.

the bloody scarlet letter jews have sent to the true owners of palestine will soon get an overwhelming enlightened response. expiatory times have come.

That wasn't a terrorist attack. It was an attack on a military target carried out by a terrorist group, but the attack itself was no more terrorist than oh, say, George Washington's troops attacking the Hessians. Furthermore, if you didn't notice, this attack was carried out one year after a terrorist act by a non-terrorist entity. Defining an act as terrorism has more to do with who is killed rather than the weapons used to kill them. A suicide bomber killing marines is less a terrorist act than an Israeli-endorsed Christian militia butchering innocent women and children.

Yeah, and on top of that it seems "stranger" has forgotten Mao, Pol Pot, and all the others. Oh wait, I guess they don't count since it happened too far east to affect Jews... since according to some people on this board nobody else's life matters...

So, how much more is a pint of Jewish blood worth than a pint of any other human being's blood? I've been kinda curious about that for a while now.

of the international aid, which was left after financing terrorism; kept the pals permanently in war; left the Camp David talks, when he was offered virtually all his demands, and still the people worship him. It is plain that the pals love war and to be robbed by their leaders.

Sharon sued and won for slander. He had nothing to do with the mass murder that you claimed occurrred, You should woory more about the Pal youth being taught hate and how to kill. Syria has closed its borders to them. Children are not being accepted . Can you imagine why.?????

He is holding honors to a notorious terrorist chief.

Really, Arafat was homosexual!? And me who thought this was not allowed in islam!

THe confrence to be held her is a waste of time and money. Abbas has already stated what he wants. If turned over to Pal will Jews be able to go there. Under Jordan rule no Jew allowed near holy places. Tomb stones used to make tolets. The Pal have the money to build memorial for Araft, but no money for food and medicinea You dont have to be Jewish to ask that question. Confrence Failed before it started.

Baruch Goldstein murdered tens while Arafat murdered many thousands, just because they were Jewish. Honoring him is like honoring a mass murderer, not more and not less.

Yet we hear about so-called shortages of medicine and "baby milk" in the PA. Are Darfour leaders buried in million dollar crypts? If international aid money was used, it should be paid back. If donations from US islamic charities or Palestinian "relief funds" were used, it violated US tax laws, since this is a political purpose (Arafat was no religious leader). This needs looking in to. Is this were the million bucks Bush just gave to prop up Abbas went? Suha should have paid for the whole thing with her stolen billions. I see she didn't even show up. Israel's founding leader, David Ben Gurion, is buried in a simple grave in Sde Boker out in the Negev, which didn't cost the US taxpayers one cent.

where are they????

We can find a cesspool in Jerusalem to bury Arafat (Yimach Shmo). He deserves nothing more. Not only was he disasterous for Israelis, he was horrible to his own people, stealing untold billions. Suha's living off the misery of your people. On second thought, why contaminate a cesspool by burying Arafat.

Abbas wants to prove Israel that he is ready for "peace", e.g. destroying Israel. A new proof, if any was needed,that he is a peace partner.

Dear Rueven, it is regratable the loss of any lives. Jews or Arab or others. The facts are very clear. Israel and the Israeli leaders including Sharon killed and massacred much more Arab then Arafat did with the Israeli. I do not like the notion of using the word Jews or Muslims because it teach us to hate one another. We must stop talking about who killed who and start taking about who will make peace with who.We must find a way for peace and we must find a way to stop the cycle of death. Shalom from the bottom of an arabian heart.

Like most "arabs" in West Asia, they came from someplace else, and have no roots there. Send them back!

Coming and living in the US, I can live with that...so long as we Christians can live in our slumber and the jews are in the front lines I am not worried. Let the asian semites figure it out for themselves. We Europeans should just enjoy our Christian lives and societies and attempt (with the far east) to distance ourselves from the violence of these violent semetic cultures.

Coming and living in the US, I can live with that...so long as we Christians can live in our slumber and the jews are in the front lines I am not worried. Let the asian semites figure it out for themselves. We Europeans should just enjoy our Christian lives and societies and attempt (with the far east) to distance ourselves from the violence of these violent semetic cultures.

...and yet, he is revered by the jews.

remember before him, the jews tried to convince the world that there was no such thing as a Pals people, he put their cause on the international arena, now no respectable diplomat even questions the people or the cause.

These insane mohamedans are definitely demon lovers, no respect of innocent human lives, no dignity at all in "exchange of worshipping a satanic cult" of islam invented by insane illiterate, rapist founder.Poor, poor children.

Let Arafat be remembered for what he was: the symbol of terrorism in the world today. Also, he should be remembered as an achievement for Palestinian homosexuals who suffer under their anti-gay terrorist/religious regime.

....for an ever lasting peace in this world. I don't have to tangle with you to waste my precious time in this discussion of hatred and ignorance. Stand in front a mirror to look at yourself and do some sole searching. Show respect towards others to earn respect. Innocent people suffered on both sides in your troubled area. I'm not from the Middle East but let me tell you that like Arafat, leaders of your nation (past and present) were/are involved in crimes against humanity. I hope Haaretz will not be selective in posting my comments

He was a remarkable man and is sadly missed by all Palestinians and YES one day we will bury him in Jerusalem.

territory for its own sake, never set out to take control of natural resources, never set out to control and govern others and Israel has never set out to purposefully mass murder people, civilians. Arafat sent his troops to fight the sovereign state of Israel and to bring it down before 1967, and already at that time he aimed to murder as many civilians as he could, inside the Jewish state of Israel. Over the years he has perfected his techniques and he actually headed those gangsters who set out and succeeded to murder civilians in the thousands! By contrast, all of Israel's wars fundamentally were defensive in nature. To compare the two is absolutely preposterous - to compare the murderer to the victim of mass murders, to compare Arafat to the Jewish state of Israel.

they say, was "A Leader among despots and criminals".

I think you need to bone up a bit on humanity's blood drenched history. And do you consider Sharon a murderer for the large massacre carried out by his Lebanese allies at Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Lebanon War I, in which he gave permission for their raid and facilitated it with searchlights? Or for the deliberate killings of Arab civilians by Israeli soldiers committed by Unit 101 under his leadership in 1953? Or are those OK?

making a martyr out of a man who not only murdered people, but stole billions of his own people's aid money is laughable. did his "wife" come to the ceremony, or is she too busy spending Palestinian aid money from her home in Paris?

terrorists, like his "uncle Grand Mufti Al-husseini" who allied with "Hitler" in WW2 and raised the Mohamedan WAFFEN SS Company, the "Hanjar Troopers" who slaugthered 90 percent of Jews in Bosnia and burned "countless" serbian churches & villages. REMEMBER THAT!! FAROOQ who hides in Non-mohamedan country ready for invasion.

How is the devil does Abbas and his cronies justify this atrocious waste of funds with a population living in poverty and relying on the charity of other nations for their basic existence? Arafat did more harm to these people than any other in current history. Disgusted

just like the great Lenin propagandated.

of your cult Islam,founded by an absolute wild-eyed fanatic illiterate rapist, robber, & brigand, a killer. The goal of islam is world domination by "migrating in non-mohamedan countries" and anyone who convert to islam "exhibit" insanity.

It is an alleged possibility that the PLO's leader may have contracted HIV as the result of risky homosexual behaviour in the years preceding the AIDS scare of the late 1980s. One suggestion is that Arafat's sexual proclivities have been largely ignored by Arab, and indeed other, state leaders seeking to preserve the controversial figure's perceived legacy. Former chief of Romanian intelligence Ion Mihai Pacepa claimed that intelligence on the "Tiger" (an English translation of Arafat's common Arabic nickname) gathered in the 1970s indicated Arafat had had frequent sexual trysts with his male bodyguards and protégés.

who is responsible for the murder of thousands of civilians. What should one think of such a leadership, what??!!

241 Americans http://www.likud.nl/extr70.html Newsweek has revealed that Yasir Arafat supplied the weapons used by the Iranian-sponsored terrorists who killed 241 American Marines in Beirut in 1983. In its issue of November 15, 1999, Newsweek reports: "Newsweek has learned that a National Security Agency phone tap recorded a Sept. 24, 1983 call from the Iranian ambassador relayed orders he'd given to Abu Haidar, leader of the Husaini Suicide Forces Movement. The ambassador told Haidar to get weapons from Yasir Arafat's Fatah group to 'undertake an extraordinary operation against the Marines' in Beirut." The attack on the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut took place shortly thereafter. An article in Arafat's official newspaper, Al Hayat Al Jadidah, written by the newspaper's editor, Hafez al-Barghouti, praised the Arab terrorist who carried out the Beirut attack as "a holy martyr who suckled from his mother's bosom the pure jihad tradition." (November 23, 1997)

The State Department of the United States has released a document that implicates Yassir Arafat in the kidnapping and murder of TWO AMERICAN diplomats from the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum, Sudan in 1973.. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/67584.pdf It also shows that the kidnappings / murders were carried out by the BSO (Black September Organization), the same group responsible for the 1972 Olympics massacre in Munich.

Tell Abbas that he will get his state, Israeli financial aid and even help for development and military support. But don't expect Israel to give away their Capital. he has no idea how hard our soldiers fought to get it back. Anyways, no other country in the world shares it's capital with another country.

So they can still live in poverty and blame the Israeli's but accept that a mausoleum was built for a dead terrorist using money they could have spent on education, healthcare, or infrastructure. There is no logic in that world.

Hope for a day they can play carefree as children and enjoy the gift of life, they too have been given. Suffer the children, stop damning them for the errors of their parents. Without showing them Love, you make the very same error.

The photo of Palestinian stupidity, mythologism and crime. An innocent Palestinian child, who should be playing free of brainwashing in a long overdue, happy Palestinian state alongside Israel, in peace, security and mutual cooperation, is instead holding the photo of a terrorist who never had the guts to become a statesman. Thus the myth that shoves the Jewish blood spilled by him under the carpet, continues unabated, polluting the minds of thes beautiful, smart, all-deserving Palestinian kids. Thus a new generation of haters is formed, and still Israel gets accused of the Paelstinian failure, generation after generation. Save this child if its still time.

To give the Land of Isreal to Jewkillers is beyond crazy. It's never going to happen. To God the Holocaust happened 30 seconds ago. Isreal needs to answer rockects with rockects. The Oslo Gang should be in jail not government.

Arafat deserves that mausoleum as a founder of modern international terrorism, inflicting great pain on Palestinians and establishing cycle of crimes against Israelis. Rest in peace greatest murderer in the history (after Hitler and Stalin).

Israeli regime's hands are loaded with innocent Palestinian blood too......so what would you say then?

Interesting photographs. As always. Palestinians training their own children to hate and to kill and to follow in the footsteps of murderers and terrorists. What a bright future Palestinians want for their own flesh and blood.

Arafat was the arch-terrorist of out time. He was a Hitler without concentration camps. When he was given the opportunity for peace, through appeasement by the Israelis, he interpreted that as weakness and his lust for murder and terror intensified. The laser light should be turned around, to point toward Jordan. The future Palestinian State already exists there, where a majority of its citizens are Palestinian. The light shining toward Amman, the future capital of Palestine. And we all live in peace and harmony... oh wait, I'm dreaming. It can never happen with this bunch of terror filled disciples of Arafat.

to the point that he will never be brought back to any area that is under Israeli sovereignty, including of course Jerusalem.