Thousands gather for funeral of Palestinian who sought peace

Thousands of Palestinians gathered today for the funeral of Faisal Husseini, who dedicated his life to coexistence with Israel and Palestinian control over traditionally Arab parts of Jerusalem.

Husseini, the top PLO official in Jerusalem who died from a heart attack yesterday, was to be buried in the city’s holiest Muslim shrine, at the side of his father, a legendary military commander killed in a 1948 battle for Jerusalem.