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An Palestinian man walks next to a wall painting of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

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  1. Palestinian carry pictures of late leader Yasser Arafat, right, late George Habash, center, founder of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, as they march to the Sabra and Shatila mass graves in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Palestinians in Lebanon observed the 27th anniversary of one of their darkest episodes _ the massacre in the Beirut camps of Sabra and Shatila by Israeli-backed Christian militiamen in which between 1,200 and 1,400 people died, by Lebanese Red Cross count.
  2. A man walks past portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, one of them superimposed on a pictur of the Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque, at the Palestinian Authority's Muqataa headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2009, three days before the fifth anniversary of Arafat's mysterious death in a Paris hospital on November 11, 2004. Five years have passed, yet the mystery surrounding Arafat's dramatic demise seems just as impenetrable, with many senior officials still holding strong to the belief their leader was poisoned.
  3. A woman walks past a giant portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority's Muqataa headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2009, three days before the fifth anniversary of Arafat's mysterious death in a Paris hospital on November 11, 2004. Five years have passed, yet the mystery surrounding Arafat's dramatic demise seems just as impenetrable, with many senior officials still holding strong to the belief their leader was poisoned.
  4. Former Palestinian foreign minister Nasser al-Qudwa, a nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (portrait in background), holds a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2009, three days before the fifth anniversary of Arafat's mysterious death in a Paris hospital on November 11, 2004. Qudwa, who currently heads the 'Arafat Institute' said he expects to receive evidence soon proving that the Palestinian leader was poisoned. Five years have passed, yet the mystery surrounding Arafat's dramatic demise seems just as impenetrable, with many senior officials still holding strong to the belief their leader was poisoned.
  5. Former Palestinian foreign minister Nasser al-Qudwa, a nephew of Yasser Arafat, holds a slab bearing an engraving of a portrait of the late Palestinian leader during a press conference he held in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2009, three days before the fifth anniversary of Arafat's mysterious death in a Paris hospital on November 11, 2004. Qudwa, who currently heads the 'Arafat Institute' said he expects to receive evidence soon proving that the Palestinian leader was poisoned. Five years have passed, yet the mystery surrounding Arafat's dramatic demise seems just as impenetrable, with many senior officials still holding strong to the belief their leader was poisoned.
  6. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks during a televised speechs under a banner bearing the Palestinian national flag, his picture, and a portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 5, 2009. Abbas said that he will not seek re-election in Palestinian elections to be held in January.
  7. Morrocan-born Israeli Labor Knesset member Daniel Ben-Simon (L) chats with advisor to Morrocan King Mohammed VI, Andre Azoulay, on October 28, 2009 during the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  8. Morrocan-born Israeli Labor Knesset member Daniel Ben-Simon (L) chats with advisor to Morrocan King Mohammed VI, Andre Azoulay, on October 28, 2009 during the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  9. Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri (R) arrives with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on October 28, 2009 for the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  10. Mahmoud Abbas (r)president of the Palestinian Authority, and Taib Fassi Fihri (l) Moroccan foreign minister attend the international forum for Jerusalem in Rabat on October 28, 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  11. From left: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Arab League chief Amr Mussa attend on October 28, 2009 the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  12. From left: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, Arab League chief Amr Mussa and UN special envoy to the Middle East Robert Serry attend on October 28, 2009 the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  13. Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri (L) and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas attend on October 28, 2009 the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  14. From left: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, Arab League chief Amr Mussa and UN special envoy to the Middle East Robert Serry attend on October 28, 2009 the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  15. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas speaks on October 28, 2009 during the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.
  16. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas speaks on October 28, 2009 during the opening of the Jerusalem International Forum in Rabat le 28 octobre 2009. The forum, created by the Yasser Arafat Foundation and the Bayt Mal Quds Acharif Agency, collects funds to protect East Jerusalem's religious, cultural and urban heritage.

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