STATEMENT FROM PRES. KATSAV'S OFFICE
(Communicated by the President's Spokeswoman)
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

President Moshe Katsav's Office has today (Wednesday), 9.11.05, released the
following statement:

"Recently, rumors have been published in the media in Israel and abroad to
the effect that President Moshe Katsav is supposed to sign - during his
upcoming meeting with Pope Benedict XVI - an agreement regarding the room of
the Last Supper or another site on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem.

President Katsav's Political Advisor, Avi Granot, wishes to clarify that
these rumors have no basis, that such an agreement does not exist and that
there have been no negotiations about such an agreement."