An Israeli soldier, working at the Alenbey Bridge crossing point between Israel and Jordan, welcomes Mahmoud Abbas Secretary-General of the PLO executive committee, as he arrives at the V.I.P terminal on his way to Paris. An Israeli soldier, working at the Alenbey Bridge crossing point between Israel and Jordan, welcome Mahmoud Abbas secretary-general of the PLO executive committee, as he arrives at the V.I.P's terminal on his way to Paris November 8, 2004. Palestinian leaders headed for Paris to see critically ill President Yasser Arafat at a French military hospital despite a scathing attack by his wife who accused them of plotting to "bury him alive". Amid an increasingly bitter row over Arafat's fate, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie, Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath and PLO Secretary General Mahmoud Abbas were on route to Jordan, from where they planned to fly to France aboard a private jet. REUTERS/ Nir Elias