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Arafat's nephew insists Israel poisoned the late Palestinian leader
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Palestinian, Yasser Arafat 

At the rally marking four years since the death of Yasser Arafat, the first president of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Qidwah, said that the circumstances surrounding his uncle's death will soon come to light, emphasizing that he believed that Arafat had been poisoned by Israel.

Speaking to the French news agency AFP, al-Qidwah said that "every day there are statements and clues about the elimination of Arafat and every day we draw closer to the poisoning theory."

"In a year or two, the nature of the poison administered to Yasser Arafat and the procedure used will be known," Qidwah added.
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In any case, Israel is responsible for his death. There were preparations to get rid of the political leadership of the Palestinian people."

He went on to say that though there was no solid proof of the poisoning, he was gathering information on the subject.

While more than 10,000 people attended the memorial service in the West Bank city of Ramallah, no such service was held in the Gaza Strip. Fatah and other groups said they submitted requests to the Hamas authorities in the Strip for permits to hold commemoration rallies, but they were never given a response. Hamas, on the other hand, said no such requests were made.

Last year, more than 250,000 Palestinians attended the rally in Arafat's memory, during which Hamas police officers killed seven people.
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  1.   This is an intelligent and brave man 17:22  |  Israeli citizen 11/11/08
  2.   Sure... 17:28  |  David LG 11/11/08
  3.   Hate Poisoned Him - Ego Poisoned Him - Greed, etc... 18:24  |  B`Galil 11/11/08
  4.   al-Qidwah - More Conspiracy Theories? 18:27  |  Laguna Geno 11/11/08
  5.   even if it were true 18:40  |  Joey 11/11/08
  6.   Didn`t he have AIDS? That`s enough to kill most people 19:09  |  Realist 11/11/08
  7.   actually mohammed daylan did it for the zio-entity 19:10  |  and documents 11/11/08
  8.   if president arafat was greedy etc. as you zio`s say 19:13  |  he would have left 11/11/08
  9.   #7 living in dreamland 19:18  |  Reuben 11/11/08
  10.   I hope so 19:19  |  Dani 11/11/08
  11.   Reuben? yes..remember nixon`s tapes? 19:24  |  you think 11/11/08
  12.   Re Arafat 19:46  |  Marty 11/11/08
  13.   Controlled media 19:50  |  Kumar 11/11/08
  14.   It seems paranoia and mental retardation run in the family 19:58  |  IW 11/11/08
  15.   poison 20:10  |  jack 11/11/08
  16.   It Takes This Long To Think Up A Lie? 20:31  |  Yosemite 11/11/08
  17.   a lot of rubbish but what else can be expected 20:37  |  Jo 11/11/08
  18.   Corrupt Leader 20:38  |  umich student 11/11/08
  19.   Plutonium 210 was used to kill Arafat 20:42  |  Palestinian in UK 11/11/08
  20.   So what is the point of this? 21:06  |  Dave Duncan 11/11/08
  21.   No.19 Palestinian in Exeter 21:11  |  Gerald 11/11/08
  22.   While conspiracies abound, suha arafat is laughing in luxury 21:12  |  Arie 11/11/08
  23.   Arafat`s greed 21:17  |  Realist 11/11/08
  24.   The nephew is wrong 21:17  |  Noam 11/11/08
  25.   To the theorists:Who REALLY had the most to gain? 21:19  |  Arie 11/11/08
  26.   To the pali in the UK-REALITY CHECK time 21:27  |  Arie 11/11/08
  27.   polonium 210 21:28  |  Palestinian in UK 11/11/08
  28.   # 7 - he died of AIDS- which is why it was all hushed up 21:44  |  ChanahS 11/11/08
  29.   umich student 18 21:47  |  ChanahS 11/11/08
  30.   Palestinian in UK - 21:49  |  ChanahS 11/11/08
  31.   Conspiracy theorists - 7 & 19 21:50  |  ChanahS 11/11/08
  32.   and some biased people will believe it .. 22:01  |  SA 11/11/08
  33.   Who Didn`t Know This 22:21  |  EastEuroSpaniard 11/11/08
  34.   To Gerald from Newport (21) 22:25  |  Palestinian in UK 11/11/08
  35.   i certainly hope so 22:52  |  JL 11/11/08
  36.   Yeah, because Arafat was such a healthy guy! 23:05  |  McQueen 11/11/08
  37.   Arafat dies of AIDS... 23:20  |  Michael D. 11/11/08
  38.   he died of aids everybody knows this 23:22  |  ralph 11/11/08
  39.   Mmmm? 23:33  |  Yosemite 11/11/08
  40.   ChanahS? the the zio-entity did it is a given 00:11  |  sharon threatened it 12/11/08
  41.   arafat aids in nothing but zionist myth 00:13  |  a nausiating 12/11/08
  42.   Arafat was gay and a pedophile 00:18  |  Dan 12/11/08
  43.   Put up or shut up time for Arafat`s nephew and Ha`Aretz 00:23  |  Jacob Blues 12/11/08
  44.   I can not keep quiet any more. I did it. 00:25  |  17 12/11/08
  45.   Arafat died from AIDS, stop lying big nose Nasser. 00:36  |  JP 12/11/08
  46.   Palestinian in UK - Po 210 00:39  |  17 12/11/08
  47.   Yasser 00:42  |  Rambo 12/11/08
  48.   No no 17 00:43  |  rich 12/11/08
  49.   DID he bring the blood tests? Sr Suha Arafat has all the details 01:08  |  PETER SM 12/11/08
  50.   I wish it was true. 01:10  |  BradL 12/11/08
  51.   40 - where did Sharon threaten to poison 01:31  |  ChanahS 12/11/08
  52.   Arafat was poison to the palestinian people 02:33  |  real vision 12/11/08
  53.   ChanahS? at least 5 yrs before arafat was murdered 02:59  |  sharon threatened 12/11/08
  54.   41 - nauseating 03:03  |  ChanahS 12/11/08
  55.   ChanahS? arafat did not die from aids 03:08  |  pure non sense 12/11/08
  56.   it is always a bad idea to speak ill of the dead 03:16  |  particularly 12/11/08
  57.   So Arafat was Gay. SO WHAT???? 03:34  |  Dani "the Girl" S. 12/11/08
  58.   #42 Dan, any evidence for your slander? 05:03  |  Ben Alofs 12/11/08
  59.   i think the spectacular murder of sheik yassin 05:34  |  and old man 12/11/08
  60.   Peter SM #49 Exactly LOL 05:46  |  Joe Frazier 12/11/08
  61.   Arafat always had juicy young guards 08:31  |  dr 12/11/08
  62.   Palestinian corruption is a very good thing 08:34  |  Peter Williams 12/11/08
  63.   Alofs show some professional pride 08:36  |  dr 12/11/08
  64.   Falafels are dangerous.Be carefull 09:09  |  The 71... 12/11/08
  65.   %* ben aFools Is there no limit to your BS 13:06  |  Ari ben Yisrael 12/11/08
  66.   Ben Alofs - Po 210 13:13  |  17 12/11/08
  67.   Ari ben Yisrael 23:51  |  Peter Williams 12/11/08
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