... The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and Gaza, however, has picked Mahmoud Abbas, alias Abu Mazen, to head the PLO while Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei will take over Arafat’s executive responsibilities in a period of transition.Kaddoumi was in Paris earlier this week reportedly to see the will that Arafat is supposed to have signed giving Suha full authority over the family’s fortune estimated at between $4. 5billion and $6. 5billion.
Qorei, however, has denied that there is a will, raising speculation about the possibility that members of Arafat’s close entourage may well have asked him to sign something at a time he would not have been in possession of his full faculties.
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El-Jazeera: Arafat’s Will Calls for Cairo Funeral & Jerusalem Burial
el-Jazeera news agency is reporting that Yasser Arafat’s will calls for a funeral service in Cairo and temporary interment to be followed by eventually being laid to rest in Jerusalem.The never-ending rumors surrounding his condition also report preparations are underway for a Ramallah burial service and he will be laid to rest near his Mukata compound. PA officials add that at some time in the future, he will be laid to rest on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, when it is the capital of Palestine.
Senior Channel 2 correspondent Ehud Ya’ari commented earlier tonight that no official request has been made by the PA to Jerusalem regarding a Ramallah burial. Until now, the prime minister has indicated Israel would only permit Arafat to be buried in Gaza.
Battling Wills?
22 million a year is small change compared to controlling her portion of 5-6 billion of the crooked Pali estate..I doubt Arafat is in any conditions to reveal the bank account numbers on his deathbed