YASSER ARAFAT ON MEL GIBSON'S THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST:

President Arafat: Passion of the Christ 'Impressive' (International Press Center - Palestine)

RAMALLAH , March21 , 2004 (IPC + Agencies)-- The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat watched Mel Gibson's �The Passion of the Christ� on Saturday in his office in Ramallah City, after a his key advisor compared Jesus' pain during crucifixion to the suffering of Palestinians in the conflict with Israel.

Nabil Abu Rudeneh, one of Arafat's closest advisors, watched the film along with the Palestinian President and a group of American and European men of cloth and Palestinian Muslim clerics.

"The Palestinians are still being daily exposed to the kind of pain Jesus was exposed to during his crucifixion," Abu Rudeneh said in a statement after he watched the movie.

President Arafat, who watched the film on a small TV set in his Ramallah office, said the movie was "historic and impressive."

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Does that mean there was a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in first-century Jerusalem after all?