I don't know Nerd, I haven't been following this very closely. But I would be surprised at this point if the Israelis allowed Arafat's body to be returned. I believe Arafat's remains should be immediately returned, but who knows what his batty wife if gonna do? She is the one, under French law, who calls those shots, not the Palestinian OR Israeli leadership.

I suppose there is a chance that arrangements have already been made between Palestinians, French, and some other nations we aren't aware of right now, for him to be buried someplace like Tunisia or Jordan, perhaps.

We'll all know soon enough.