Italian city of Palermo names square after Yasser Arafat
In 2014, the mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando also awarded the city's honorary citizenship to Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life-sentences in Israel for terrorism.
Yasser Arafat in 1968 at the then PLO head quarters.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
