The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum reversed itself and invited Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to visit. Arafat, who was stung by the museum’s original refusal to host him in his official capacity, told a news conference in Paris that he was “keen to visit this museum.”
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