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Peres wants poet reburied in Israel
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Prime Minister Shimon Peres last week asked Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul-Karim al-Iryani to investigate the, Peres said the unprecedented presence of 13 Arab leaders at the anti-terrorism summit prompted him to make his request at the fi
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Iryani is familiar with the poetry of Shabazi, whose tomb in Taiz is revered by Moslems.
"He quoted a poem of Shabazi's about fruit...and coffee," Peres said.
Peres did not say how Iryani responded to the request.
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