A girl is helped down frow one of the walls
surrounding the Mukata (Arafat's headquarters).
Several thousand grieving Palestinians bid farewell to their leader, Yassir
Arafat, when he was laid to rest at his Ramallah headquarters on the
westbank. 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.
