Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat flew to Paris on his first flight from the new airport in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials, who have overall security responsibility for the airport, watched from the runway as Arafat’s plane took off. Before the new airport was inaugurated, Arafat had to travel to Egypt in order to fly abroad.
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