New allegations have surfaced claiming that former Palestinian Authority (PA) President Yasser Arafat was poisoned, prompting the PA to agree on Wednesday to exhume the body of their iconic leader.
A Swiss institute that examined clothing provided by Arafat's widow, Suha, revealed that “surprisingly” high levels of polonium-210 were found, as first reported by Al Jazeera, leading to new allegations that Arafat was poisoned with the radioactive element and murdered in 2004.
The former PA leader’s medical reports are inconsistent with the latest findings, which were revealed after a nine-month investigation on Arafat’s 2004 death.
Israel is already seen to be the prime suspect behind the death of the 75-year-old Arafat, who prominently led the Palestinians in their bid for statehood for many years.
The Hamas movement in Gaza, a strong opponent of Arafat and his Fatah movement for most of his life also called for an investigation into his death, accusing Israel of murdering him, according to The Globe and Mail.
“The beneficiary of this time is the Zionist enemy,” Hamas said in a statement, while calling for a search that would uncover “those who collaborated or facilitated the task of the occupier.”
Arafat was confined by Israel to his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah for nearly the final three years of his life following a Palestinian uprising. He became very ill in October 2004 and doctors from Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan quickly came to his aid, despite assurances from Arafat’s camp that he was merely suffering from the flu.
He was later flown to a military hospital in France, where he slipped into a coma and died in November 2004. French doctors said they could not pinpoint his cause of death as rumours swirled that he had died of cancer or AIDS.
French officials, citing privacy laws, refused to give details of the nature of his illness at the time while Israeli officials denied involvement in his death....read more
http://www.shalomlife.com/news/17508/palestinians-to-exhume-yasser-arafats-body-after-poisoning-claims/
A Swiss institute that examined clothing provided by Arafat's widow, Suha, revealed that “surprisingly” high levels of polonium-210 were found, as first reported by Al Jazeera, leading to new allegations that Arafat was poisoned with the radioactive element and murdered in 2004.
The former PA leader’s medical reports are inconsistent with the latest findings, which were revealed after a nine-month investigation on Arafat’s 2004 death.
Israel is already seen to be the prime suspect behind the death of the 75-year-old Arafat, who prominently led the Palestinians in their bid for statehood for many years.
The Hamas movement in Gaza, a strong opponent of Arafat and his Fatah movement for most of his life also called for an investigation into his death, accusing Israel of murdering him, according to The Globe and Mail.
“The beneficiary of this time is the Zionist enemy,” Hamas said in a statement, while calling for a search that would uncover “those who collaborated or facilitated the task of the occupier.”
Arafat was confined by Israel to his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah for nearly the final three years of his life following a Palestinian uprising. He became very ill in October 2004 and doctors from Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan quickly came to his aid, despite assurances from Arafat’s camp that he was merely suffering from the flu.
He was later flown to a military hospital in France, where he slipped into a coma and died in November 2004. French doctors said they could not pinpoint his cause of death as rumours swirled that he had died of cancer or AIDS.
French officials, citing privacy laws, refused to give details of the nature of his illness at the time while Israeli officials denied involvement in his death....read more
http://www.shalomlife.com/news/17508/palestinians-to-exhume-yasser-arafats-body-after-poisoning-claims/
