I have a new hero: Yosef Lapid, Israel's Justice Minister...
From the Indian High Tech leader, Rediff.com:
According to a report in salon.com, the top Muslim cleric in Jerusalem said Arafat wished to be buried near a holy site there.
The Mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, said that during a meeting four months ago, Arafat asked to be buried near the city's Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine.
But Jews revere the site, built on the ruins of the biblical Jewish temples, as the Temple Mount and Israel authorities have already refused the request.
Israel's Justice Minister, Yosef Lapid, was quoted as saying that the city is "where Jewish kings are buried and not Arab terrorists'.
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Now that is what I like to hear coming from the Israelis! Makes me want to give a big 'ole Howard Dean howl!
(By the way, I no longer link Salon.com - they make it impossible to navigate their site without layer upon layer of ads, and countless subscription hassles.)
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