Palestinian Authority presidential hopeful Mahmoud Abbas vowed to follow in Yasser Arafat’s footsteps. “We will not give up the struggle to realize your dream” of “seeing a Palestinian boy or girl wave the national flag over Jerusalem,” Abbas said Tuesday at a ceremony marking 40 days since Arafat’s death Nov. 11 in a French hospital.
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