A Russian delegation will escort Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat to Bethlehem through Israeli check-points, in order to allow him to attend the Orthodox Christmas Mass on Sunday night, Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
Palestinian representarive in Moscow, Dr. Khairy Al Oridi told Interfax that 11 members of Russia's lower house of parliament, or State Duma will be part of the delegation.

Al Oridi said members of the delegation will meet Arafat and other Palestinian leaders and will see with their own eyes"the suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation."

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