Palestinians stand next to a portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a celebration marking Palestinian Independence Day in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Arafat died on Nov. 11, 2004, in a Paris hospital.
(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)