Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has died at the age of 75. He passed away earlier this morning at a French hospital. His body is now being transported to Egypt where a funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. He will then be buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The Palestinian Authority has declared a 40-day period of mourning to mark Arafat’s death. For decades Yasser Arafat was the embodiment of the Palestinian cause and the symbol of Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation.