After a day devoted to special prayers at
Arafat, pilgrims will move to Musdalifah where they will observe the two evening prayers before moving to Muna for the stoning of three devil, a rite performed in groups to avoid a stampede.
Abu Sharif added that the Riyadh regime approved of
Arafat's assassination, because it viewed him as an obstacle to the Arab Peace Initiative, which envisioned a so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Taking place roughly 70 days after the end of Ramadan,
Arafat Day marks the second day of haj or pilgrimage.
The museum, which cost $7 million, is the first of its kind dedicated to the longtime leader, according to the Yasser
Arafat Foundation.
The French experts "maintain that the polonium 210 and lead 210 found in
Arafat's grave and in the samples are of an environmental nature," Nanterre prosecutor Catherine Denis said.
For decades, any Israeli making contact with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) that
Arafat led could be thrown in prison.
If Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet had a shred of decency about them, they would open an enquiry into the murder of Yasser
Arafat.
Despite those discrepancies, the Swiss and Russian reports agreed that
Arafat's death ''was not caused by old age or disease, but as a result of a toxic substance,'' said Dr.
Arafat's former head of intelligence Tawfik Terawi said yesterday: "I say, with all the details available about Yasser
Arafat's death, that he was killed and that Israel killed him.
Arafat's former head of intelligence Tawfik Terawi said: "I say, with all the details available about
Arafat's death, that he was killed and that Israel killed him.