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An long-time icon while alive, Arafat has found a resting place right next to the presidential headquarters he spent his last years. Question is: will it be his last resting place?
Next to the Arafat mausoleum is a modern mosque, in the same style as the mausoleum. From its triangular minaret, a laser beam points directly to Jerusalem, another display of the wish to be buried in East Jerusalem, and to establish it as the capital of the Palestinian state. For the moment, however, the headquarters of the PNA is still right behind the mausoleum. This is also the compound that was under siege and largely destroyed by the Israelis in 2002, during which Arafat was humiliated right in his own home. A museum in Arafat's honour is planned behind his mausoleum, but we found no evidence of it during our visit. The mausoleum was remarkably empty during our visit: two guards solemnly stood behind his tomb while we were in the mausoleum, but took a less official pose as soon as we were out.
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