Arafat: Christian and Moslem holy places

Palestinian President Arafat said last night that the Israeli aggressive attack against the Nativity Church in the Holy City of Peace, Bethlehem, is an unforgivable crime, and we shall never spare a drop of our blood in defending it. When addressing the mass solidarity demonstration in Cairo, last night, through the phone, he said: "We are not defending ourselves only, we are defending the entire Arab nation and we shall defend our Christian and Moslem Holy places in Palestine."

He said that "we shall pray in the Alaqsa Mosque and in the Sepulcher Church in Jerusalem: They see it far away but we see it very close," WAFA reported today.