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Several months ago the Israeli ambassador in Paris, Nissim Zvilli, complained that the French military hospital in which Arafat was treated before his death has issued the late president a death certificate, despite that Arafat didn't hold the French nationality.
And now, the Israeli government was infuriated after El Salvador decided to name construct a plaza on the honor of President Arafat. The relations between Israel and El Salvador have been very tight, but sources expected a diplomatic row after this move by El Salvador.
The Israeli newspaper Maariv quoted sources at the Israeli Foreign Ministry as saying that this decision would be provocative to the Israelis' feelings.
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