Arafat's body arrives at the Mukata. 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.
