Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to attend funeral for Shimon Peres in Jerusalem

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

By William Booth and Ruth Eglash September 29 at 9:16 AM

JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has received permission to attend the funeral on Friday of former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres, according to Israeli authorities.

Abbas sent a formal request to attend the service to Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, the military chief of the occupied West Bank, who coordinates government activities in the territories.

The Israelis gave their permission Thursday afternoon. The Associated Press quoted an unnamed Palestinian official who said Abbas would attend. Another senior official cautioned that whether Abbas will attend was still being discussed by a senior member of his government and his political party.

The state funeral for Peres is expected to be one of the largest in Israel since the 1995 burial of Yitzak Rabin, the prime minister who was assassinated by a Jewish extremist who opposed the efforts of Rabin and Peres to make peace with the Palestinians by giving up land for a state.

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[WhiteTara]

1. He wants

to make sure he is dead.