Israel Presses France to Change Arafat's Death Certificate

(AFP/Yahoo)Israel has sent three letters to the French government demanding it prove Arafat was born in Jerusalem as printed on his death certificate, an Israeli diplomat in Paris said. Numerous biographers agree that he was, in fact, born in Cairo. Israel's ambassador to France, Nissim Zvili, on Thursday told journalists: "I cannot understand how the French government agreed to issue a death certificate based on false information."


2004-11-29 00:00:00

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