Sheikh Yassin to visit Saudi Arabia soon

Abd El-Aziz El-Rantis the spokesman of the Hamas movement in Gaza, said that Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas' founder, will visit Saudi Arabia to receive advanced medical treatment.

El-Rantis said Sheikh Yassin's son was trying to obtain a passport for his father when officials in the Personal Affairs Department told him they would call Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's bureau to see if it is possible to issue a diplomatic passport for Sheikh Yassin.

Sheikh Yassin was imprisoned by the Israeli authorities and was released last year.