Yasser Arafat will not be allowed to attend Christmas mass in Bethlehem. Because of ongoing Palestinian terrorism, Israeli officials will not allow the Palestinian Authority president to leave his Ramallah compound for the mass, Israel’s Cabinet decided Sunday.
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