An Israeli soldier, working at the Alenbey Bridge

An Israeli soldier, working at the Alenbey Bridge crossing point between Israel and Jordan, welcomes Mahmoud Abbas (L), secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, as he arrives at the V.I.P`s terminal on his way to Paris November 8, 2004. Palestinian leaders headed for Paris to see critically ill President Yasser Arafat at a French military hospital despite a scathing attack by his wife who accused them of plotting to `bury him alive`. Amid an increasingly bitter row over Arafat`s fate, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath and PLO Secretary General Mahmoud Abbas were on route to Jordan, from where they planned to fly to France aboard a private jet. REUTERS/ Nir Elias

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