Putin laid a wreath at the tomb of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during his visit to Ramallah. He bowed his head, and stood silently at attention. The homage to Arafat is a sore point in Israel, which considers him an arch terrorist and enemy of peace. Privately, Israeli officials said Putin's gesture was a contradiction of his statements in Jerusalem Thursday, when he said that Israel and Russia should work together to fight terrorism.