Israel will permit Yasser Arafat to be buried in the Gaza Strip, but keep him out of Jerusalem, a city "where Jewish kings are buried and not Arab terrorists," Justice Minister Yosef (Tommy) Lapid said Friday. The top Muslim cleric in Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, said Friday that Arafat asked to be buried in the holy city, marking the first official comment on the ailing Palestinian leader's burial wishes. Palestinian leaders hope to enlist international support for an Arafat burial at the Jerusalem mosque compound, a Palestinian official said on condition of anonymity. Negotiations with Israel would only begin after Arafat's death, the official said. Lapid reiterated Friday that Jerusalem is off-limits. "They (the Palestinians) will choose where to bury him, but he will not be buried in Jerusalem because Jerusalem is the city where Jewish kings are buried and not Arab terrorists," he told Associated Press Television News. Lapid, a longtime journalist, is known for speaking bluntly. so the Paleos can understand it -read his lips: "no"
Israeli security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Gaza was the only burial option, and that they oppose allowing Arafat to be interred in the West Bank, including the Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis.
Oughtta be a septic tank ....somewhere..