Arafat aide calls on Chirac to reveal truth about Arafat's death

accepted to go for treatment, when I know that the result will BE DEATH SHORTLY.No sence whatsoever. Do not forget that he could summoned the best DOCTORS from the world(with the kind of money he had). Would these eminent DOCTORS THEN advised him to go to EUROPE to have AIDS Treatments?or would they allowed him to died peacefully ? Would His WIFE accepted that He received treatments for AIDS? That the man was POISONED was more than likely, it was a certainty, that's why his assisstant want the T R U T H S to come out.

was poisoned in JORDAN, and when it was discovered, an antidote was inmmediately sent to JORDAN to treat the person? and later the Goverment accepted to release Sheik Yassin so as to stop the scandal of going further.Short Memory Ryan.? When one day the truth is known, you will realised your mistake.

Just as they did with Sheik YASSIN and later with RANTISI of Gaza, then came the turn of Yasser Araffat. Some will pay their crimes now and then later too, but they will never escape of what they did wrong on this earth.

How come you know so much?, BILLIONS in this world did not know what he was. Where are your EVIDENCES to back you up? MR YASSER ARRAFAT dedicated his whole life time fighting against the occupation of his country, that for SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.Do you??Ra?

It is not fair to write things of this kind about a dead person, who are you to badly insinuate what cannot be proven,& also against someone who cannot defend himself against such LOWER attacks as yours.May you fing Peace at night and day.

Only GOD knows the true identity of the "M/s?" And GOD will punish the guilty on this earth and later they will receive their due punishments in large measure, when they face the ALMIGHTY GOD.

Of course Israel was behind this assassination. There was never any question of that, at least in my mind. Americans are waking up to what Israel REALLY is, and there will be repercussions.

have you also checked the credentials of all the people claiming AIDS (and have any examined the medical evidence first hand)? I'd be interested to know their credentials. Zionists for sure, what else?

Jake I was referring to the many Israeli talkback comments that claim Arafat died of AIDS. For my reasoning, this is a ridiculous and unfounded claim, and it only reflects their image of the Arab as violent, sexually-driven, dirty; not very different from the sexual conotations against blacks in America and Jews in Europe not so long ago. Read David Shipperman's " arab and jew" for a good treatment on this. Your comment that no one will ever know the truth is fair but unfortunate. It doesnt have to be that way. And I am not slandering - it was official Israeli policy for a couple of years that Arafat should be liquidated. The government sanctioned this publicly.

One thing I didn't mention is the fact that Arafat looked like death warmed over for years before his death,so in fact there was some health problem there,whatever it was.

The hints to Arafats homosexual tendencies can be found in many various intelligence agencies books,making the case this is just not Israeli propaganda. The picture of a relationship with Suha his wife,she bieng 27,Arafat 61 is repulsive,by French law a autopsy could not be done unless she agreed to it or his medical records released.It is a fact he was born in Cairo-Eygpt in 1929 years before there was any kind of Palestinian refugees or a people so called.

I didn't notice any "Doctor" in front of your name so why do you feel qualified to express a medical opinion? The fact that he was married and "supposedly" sired a daughter means nothing.

and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.Even the thought of him a relationship with whats HerName in Paris "his wife" is repulsive,please tell me she was invitro fertilized.

I already read this rumors about Arafat's would be death by AIDS. You can be quite skeptical. AIDS is a long lasting desease that cannot be hidden. It takes at least two or three years (when not cured at all) before you die, and it shows. No one noticed such a thing on Arafat's aspect, and there were no rumour at all BEFORE Arafat's death. All began after, on Israeli siede. It is therefore very likely that this rumor is an Israeli invention to do harm to his prestige amongst Palestinians, and to suggest he was homosexual. But sorry, this is not based on any serious argument. Arafat like every important political fighter was 100% devoted to a cause and did not have a lot of time to waiste for his private life. He married and had a girl. The rest sounds like a mere forgery.

THE PALESTINAINS WOULDN'T WASTE 1 MINUTE IN TRYING TO TAKE ISRAEL TO THE U.N. AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR CONDEMNATION IF THEY TRULY THOUGHT IT WAS A DELIBERATE POISONING. THEIR SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES!

the evidence comes out as requested by the arafat aide.I once read a piece by 2 american authors(cannot recall their names) in Memri about Sheik al bana.Found it interesting.But other people have said that all of Memri's reports are not neccessarily to be relied upon.Memri supposedly is the brainchild of some zionist groups.Don't know,have not checked out the allegation.Regardless,I want to wait for a definitive report.My impression of arafat(from reports) is that he was something of ladies'man!

The most laughable alibi in this talkback is that Arafat had taste on boys, so they invested him AIDS. Haa....haa...haa......haa. He loved to socialize with women, a flamboyant FREEDOM FIGHTER of all time. Lets took those boys to testify then if people really belive that theory. LoL.

of my posts.I merely cite the news reports.And I do not recall using the word 'fake' for any of the reports. In any event,I was proven right,because shortly after Maan News reported that Russia had invited the Mishal delegation to Moscow Haaretz published the same news.Save your ire for better causes!P.S.And Tan,even the rabid zionists on this board don't call me a liar.They disagree with me,that's okay,but there's something of a personal animus in your responses to me(and certainly no wit or humour!). 96 Sarah,I beg to differ.Haaretz is published in israel,but Zionist? Here's my definition of that word:someone who thinks that the presence of a jewish state(for me this is an oxymoron to begin with) justifies all conduct,simply because it is a jewish state.And Haaretz does not fall into that category.En passant,it is because of H. and other posters such as Ben Alofs,Tosefta and others that the international community is willing to even look in the direction of israel.

"....so far no-one, including Arafat, has been able to put the interests of your people above their own and that`s why you have no state; no country..." describing the central Muslim dis - ease of brave and bold poodle-dog societies. So as soon Mr. Abu Sharif barks with his thin voice he shows of that braveness you make career in those societies. And Mr Sharaif's people in the streets and here in this talkback flock to him. And do not feel ashamed at all.

AIDS can kill very quickly. Yes, the virus often lays latent for years before something catastrohic happens. In most Western societies, people have seen previously healthy people suddenly get sick and drop dead from AIDS. Think Easy-E of the rap group NWA. Also think of all those homosexual young men in LA that suddenly died in 1981 who had no previous health problems and whose deaths alerted the world to the emergence of a horrifying new disease. As far as Arafat's access to the best health care, he may have been under treatment for HIV or even refused to acknowlege that he had the disease for fear of loss of his stature. Ultimately it does not matter, even under treatment, most HIV patients die of their disease. Many HIV patients are able to lead healthy lives for years on treatment. Others do not. Dying of AIDS is not a crime. On the other hand, Arafat was a criminal regardless of the circumstances of his death.

Lakshmi smiled to himself: nobody else to smile to.

If Israel wanted to be rid of Arafat they certainly waited a very long time -- about half a century. He was an old man in poor health, a spent force, unable to take on the responsibility for a new Pal nation. Even the tearful BBC reporter couldn't deny that.

Conspiracy theories are part of the Arab take on history and even daily life. If this man has proof -- or even some evidence -- he should just reveal it. France was no friend of Israel and had no reason to hide the facts.

..to think that the Russian Foreign Ministry knew what it was saying. However, I AM right to call you a liar because : - you lied about AP's report - that Russia DOWNGRADED hamas status - being a fake (consequently the bbc and reuters too). - you lied that Yahoo's news refuted AP "fake" report when the truth is that Yahoo quoted AP exactly. - you embellished your claims with details that purportedly proved you were right when those details DID NOT. And would you care to reveal to haaretz readers what you wrote on ynet (and the " you are a liar" responses you receive?) "I smiled to myself." lakshmi - it simply means it is time for you to take the medicine. Like right now.

This is lakshmi's verbal idea of what a loose cannon is NOT (snigger, snigger) : "America will continue to be hated by ME.More importantly,American dominance(and israeli) in the ME is over.Israel having some 400 nukes is not going to help. Given its size, JUST ONE HALF OF ONE HALF OF A NUKE IS ENOUGH TO INCINERATE IT. There is a nuclear muslim power already,in case you have forgotten this. As for Iran,nothing you war mongers do is Going to change iran`s trajectory,without damage to yourselves.So forget the sabre rattling,and see if you can do something about your greedy arms manufacturers(and the middlemen) and possibly impeach GW.That will send a message to future presidents and stop your downward spiral." (EMPHASIS is mine) "Some of us have stopped reading his posts..." Us? All I can say is, "Show PROOF of the "us". Unless you define "us" as "lakshmi, she, herself and her shadow" (snigger, snigger).

been spread out too much, that the cause of death was AIDS? It is time to either admit that he had a problem or simply silence yourselves.

What do we care what you read or what you don't read? Who are you? We don't give a d---. Ce la vie! BTW: Haaretz is a Zionist newspaper.

You might want to look at what Ahmad Jibril of the PLFP said on the subject: http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1507

and the USA but is in PA and punishment is death.

Interesting, Lakshmi, wondered how you could both read me and ignore me at the same time. As stated earlier, you remain a significant hypocrite. To Nemesis: thank you for the kind word.

reported that Russia had invited the Mishal delegation to Moscow.And none of the zionists believed it and one person in particular called me a liar.I smiled to myself.Voila,here in Haaretz today the same news appears.It's up to you.I pass on the info.No one is compelling you to read it.Ofcourse,you would prefer that i read (and believe) a zionist paper.Thanks,but no thanks.Haaretz is the only israeli source that I read.Sometimes ynet.Otherwise i stick to maan and other international sources,such as The Guardian etc.which no doubt you don't approve of.cest la vie.

"an unhealthy greasy slob" If that's the general female opinion of him,which I suspect is true,that might explain why he didn't live with Suha..or was it because he preferred boys?

an unhealthy greasy slob.

it does not matter hoe he died , is no longer hear , whic is good thing have haooen to the palestinen

it does not matter how he died , he is no longer hear ,thanks god

Probably offed by the Muslim Brotherhood or Hamas. LOL!!!!

Everyone dies eventually.Maybe he just died of old age.

who reads what post. Maybe he should write a column giving advice to the lovelorn or possibly on etiquette.

Lakshmi..Maan is a Palestinian news agency..why do you keep quoting them and expect anyone to accord them any credibility? Unlike you,I don't believe everything I read ...especially from a source like that.

Munteaunu continued: "I've never before seen so much cleverness, blood and filth all together in one man." Munteaunu, wrote Pacepa, spent months pulling together secret reports from Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian intelligence agencies as well as Romanian files. "I used to think I knew just about everything there was to know about Rahman al-Qudwa," Arafat's real name, "about the construction engineer who made a fortune in Kuwait, about the passionate collector of racing cars, about Abu Amman," Arafat's nom de guerre, "and about my friend Yasser, with all his hysterics," explained Munteaunu, handing Pacepa his final report on the PLO leader. "But I've got to admit that I didn't really know anything about him." Wrote Pacepa: "The report was indeed an incredible account of fanaticism, of devotion to his cause, of tangled oriental political maneuvers, of lies, of embezzled PLO funds deposited in Swiss banks, and of homosexual relationships, beginning with his teacher when he was

"One former European intelligence chief recorded his own observations of Arafat's sexual antics in a book, published 16 years ago. I'm referring to "Red Horizons" by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former head of Romanian intelligence. He relates a conversation with Constantin Munteaunu, a general assigned to teach Arafat and the Palestinian Liberation Organization operations in deception and influence designed to fool the West into granting the organization recognition. "I just called the microphone monitoring center to ask about the 'Fedayee,'" Arafat's code name, explained Munteaunu. "After the meeting with the Comrade, he went directly to the guest house and had dinner. At this very moment, the 'Fedayee' is in his bedroom making love to his bodyguard. The one I knew was his latest lover. He's playing tiger again. The officer monitoring his microphones connected me live with the bedroom, and the squawling almost broke my eardrums. Arafat was roaring like a tiger, and his love

NEWSFLASH: Blowing up elderly people at seders is a crime, homicidal/suicidal terrorist attacks are a crime, killing children by dropping bombs on crowded streets is a crime, beating up civilians at checkpoints is a crime... AIDS however is a disease. Grow Up!

News reports that arafat aide indicated that he had been poisoned,similar to the poison used in 1978 on the PLFP leader.

Arafat had AIDS and he died of the AIDS desease.

YOU bad mouth the messenger.

He was cursed because he caused so much harm to so many people, both Jewish and Arab. What surprises me is why anyone in the Arab world has anything positive to say about him. He kept the Arabs down. He stole from them. People say he created the Palestinian national agenda. Well he also destroyed it. He was pure evil and died of aids.

"Abu Sharif said he believes Israel killed Arafat with a substance that destroys red blood cells. Asked for proof, he said he would reveal his sources if Chirac publicly denies his allegations." - AP Serves him right. Any Ricin addict should expect what will happen.

It is not nice to say bad things about the dead. So, all I can say is that it is good that he is dead.

C'mon Lakshmi..if you're referring to Brant,give us a break..there's only so much ofyour nonsense people will listen to. He's one of the most sensible,rational unbiased posters here. "some of us have stopped reading his posts" Who would that be,pray tell..You..Marilyn..Maureen Ann..Dutch..Hannah,etc. You and your ilk are so pathetic,it's..well..pathetic.

What a load of coswallop. It's been all donwhill for Dahlan ever since the death of Arafat. Convenient target simply because he was less anti-Israel than others. Hamas throws PA officials out of windows and fired on Abbas regularly, but it must be Israel that 'killed' Arafat, because in the cock and bull world of the Palestinians, nobody dies unless they were killed by Israel.

cannon in the worst sense of the word.he uses every opportunity to bad mouth the Palestinians.Some of us have stopped reading his posts.he either raves and rants or lectures,as in 66.

"Just because a lot of people keep repeating a rumor, doesn`t make it true. " Something that's is NO rumour and was reported many times by many different reporters over a period of many years is Arafat LIKED MEN in that particular way. THAT was well documented. The famous Italian interviewer Oriana Fallaci had written about Arafat's proclivity when she interviewed Arafat back in the late 1960's so its really not quite a rumour to say he died of AIDs but more like an educated guess given his homosexuality and all the symptoms of his death. Anyone who knows people who died from AIDs could see Arafat's symptoms were the same. Dementia complex, loss of ability to reason, loss of memory, inability to concentrate, listlessness, and unsteadiness in walking.

"Non of the Palestinian would doubte the involvement of the bloody hand of Israelis leaders with the assistance of the corruption tringle (Dahlan, Abu Mazen & Nabil Amro)." Ahhh the same old dead end BS that got you 6 decades of misery. Care to try for another 6, or can we all move on now and stop the misery and murder and death which doesn't seem to change anything except the Israeli society is now light years ahead of you while your people wallow in the Gaza mud. Sad, really really sad. Guess what Philistine? No one really cares anymore about your silly ski mask macho fantasies. Arafat had AIDs, he had sex with men, he stole billions of dollars, he lavished much of it on Suha and his men and boy friends and obviously only paid lip service to the great "resistance" - I think he's laughing in his grave at your naivete.

It's all the propaganda and the romanticizing of the Pal issue I object to. I do remember the same type of thing with the Cubans and Fidel and Raoul Castro. Many young and dreamy people were so wrapped up in the crap they forgot to see the truth of the regime.

When his eyes were bugging out of his rapidly thinning skull, his lips quivering, a look of utter confusion on his 76 year-old, guant face... all I could think was, "Wow, this guy looks really healthy!" Who the heck is Abu Sharif kidding? Arafat was in TERRIBLE health by 2004. He didn't die "suddenly"... his body (and MIND) were deteriorating rapidly during the last years of life, especially after the outbreak of the so-called "Al Aqsa Intifadah" and the added stress this caused for him. Indeed, foreign diplomats after the year 2000 repeatedly commented on his degenerating appearance (and increasingly erratic behavior & verbal outbursts). And as many people in this forum have already noted, Arafat may have contracted AIDS. This would easily explain the multiple symptoms appearing almost simultaneously, as his immune system collapsed. The real reason that Arafat's cause-of-death is a "secret" is because very few Arabs can handle the truth about their flawed, embezzling hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRVgH-8l8g

No sir, I am not and never was your peoples' enemy; but Yasser Arafat was. Look back. Examine. Look at the achievements for the Palestinian people. What has occurred other than too much death; the wasting of billions of dollars; promises made and never kept and a general legacy of terrible internecine fighting because so far no-one, including Arafat, has been able to put the interests of your people above their own and that's why you have no state; no country; no legal status and so little hope after all these years. No sir, you are your own worst enemy because you allowed yourself to be led not by a visionary but by a vicious killer. Sixty years and still, nothing. It is no longer everyone else's fault. It's YOU that needs to change.

Same old story with people like you - whatever happens you look to Israel for blame. Heavens forbid that your hero (one of the most reviled of leaders, an arch terrorist and thief) is guilt yof drinking or indulging in homosexual activities (which is well known). Just acept it - the Palestinains, even their leaders, are less than perfect - like you are, like all humans are.

Who in his right mind would call that arch terrorist and thief (who stole from his own people) a courageous, honourable man?

Where are the millions? You mean where are the hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars that Arafat squirreled away over the decades. Gee, wouldn't the PA just luv some of those hundreds of millions now to haul their sorry butts out of the barbq they set for themselves?

Information was recently published on the basis of Arafat's aide that the "rais" died of AIDS. The article should at least mention it as one of the published versions. Even if Israel's "peace camp" loved Arafat so much, it shouldn't dump the inconvinient truth.

I'm glad I read your post before I commented,because I was about to say something similar. Whenever someone dies under mysterious circumstances,one of the first questions raised is "who benefits from this death"? I think Suha made out allright and she did spend a lot of time alone with him before he passed.

of the millions of Dollars vanished on Western accounts scrounged from the money which came from my taxes as well to serve the Pals at least after his death? About the luxury shopping tours of his wife to Paris while the folks of this great Pal leader was suffering?

Does anyone actually believe Chirac or the French government would be withholding any information to protect Israel? Just the opposite. Chirac must have been paid richly by interested arabs to conceal that arafat died of AIDS - muslims tend to be terribly homophobic and would be devistated to learn their great leader was pleasuring himself with little boys. Then again, arabs have historically been very good at lying about history - they would probably find a lie out of this truth as well -like Israel poisoned him?

"trying to villify demonise Palestinians is self-serving and self-reinforcing racism. This reminds me of how the Jews were stereotyped in Europe. The most revolting aspect of Israel`s strategy for oppressing the Palestinians is it mirrors actions taken to persecute Jews in Europe last century; which Israelis then use as justification for their own actions. Sick!" Forgive me for noticing, but the article says it is the Palestinian Authority which is slandering Israel by accusing it of poisoning their beloved Arafat. Your response shows only that it is guilty-feeling people in Europe itself who are trying to abdicate responsiblity for the Holocaust by displacing it onto Israel and claiming "Israel is doing the same things to the Palestinians". Very transparent indeed.

What would an enemy could say about courageous, honourable man like Arafat other than what you said?.

...recycling ridiculous conspiracy theories in order to stay relevant. Israel under Sharon did not want anything to do with Arafat and regarded him as irrelevant. The last I heard, French doctors had found Arafat's condition was linked to cirrhosis of the liver, but it was the Palestinians who didn't want this publicized because it might suggest that Arafat was an alcoholic, a big no-no in Islam.

Just because a lot of people keep repeating a rumor, doesn't make it true. This is the Bandwagon fallacy (also called the Argumentum ad Populum fallacy). It would be nice to have the facts from official French sources, then we would know one way or the other, and either way it would be no longer a rumor.

We should ask: if Israel and some Palestinians murdered Arafat what should the the fate of the murders? An accusation of such murder should be based on full facts. An Hariri-ike tribunal by the UN or the ICC would help to forestall vengence.

Demonastir, tell us...did you read up on Sharon to learn about what made this man tick? Or to find more ammunition to hate Israel? I have something to tell you...I read an article on this website by a French journalist who came right out and stated that Israel will never get a fair shake in Paris because the French automatically side with the Pals without understanding the real issues. You must be French...to the core.

Quite hot sources !

BarQ...have you ever considered the fact that your country could actually benefit from getting your collective heads out of your asses, and stop this anti Israel crap. Have you ever thought that maybe it is the Israelis who want peace but every time we take a chance at peace, we get screwed...and the forces against peace on both sides benefit? If you want peace, start talking like it. Stop preaching to Israel that what goes around, comes around. I got some news...if Iran drops the bomb, your country dies too.

Lynn you are perfectly right. Chirac is far to be gullible, but eager to sell french diplomacy.

Please explain where there is peace in the Muslim world. I just can't think of anywhere. In fact is it not a matter of faith to continue the armed struggle to spread this muslim "peace" even where it is not wanted.

I should have mentioned how impressed I am with so many of the informed responses. Of course the usual anti-Jewish, anti-Israel jerks keep writing in. It's so easy to spot their racist or religious bias and I just ignore them. I'm sure most everyone else does as well. It keeps them off the streets.

Whether the killing tool was a poison or HIV, Non of the Palestinian would doubte the involvement of the bloody hand of Israelis leaders with the assistance of the corruption tringle (Dahlan, Abu Mazen & Nabil Amro). Palestinians knew very well who has hands on this conspirasy and soon or later the truth will be revealed and whoever involved will face the punishment. Don't try to hunt in the poluted water, Arafat will be Jevara who represent the honor, courage & degnity for all the Palestinians.

We all die!! Where's the billions of dollars Arafat stole from his people. I suppose they'll never confirm that he died from HIV related causes. There are many rumours regarding Arafat's homosexuality, which of course is not a crime in most of the non-muslim world. I suppose we'll never really know the truth on this.

The only reason it matters whether Arafat was poisoned or not is that his death has heightened the split in Palestinian support (Hamas/Fatah) and ironically has allowed Hamas to take the upper hand much to the chigrin of the Israeli government. He seemed to be able to keep it together (corruption?) You only have to look at the huge increase in public support from the West for Abbas , cutting out funding for Gaza, ignoring the election results etc. as examples of the west trying to control this rise of Hamas. Abbas is a western puppet. The manipulation by the West is the real issue here, not how he died.

Regrdless of how Arafat passed away and who killed him. I already feel and see the high level of poison in the talks of Anti Arfats. Just for all the dedicated supporters of Israel, two questions ; 1. How they think they will e intgrated in the Arab Middle East ? it is only 50 years and more to come 2. are your really safe in this region ? 3. Have not you done it with Khaled Mesha'el efore ? I really love that people live in peace, but your wrong doings will never lead to any peace in this region, what goes around comes around? just wait,,,,

In his last book about Sharon(I read it in french translation), Uri Dan wrote, not explicitely but clearly, that Sharon is responsible for the death of Arafat. Why nobody(including the palestinians) was interested in this very important scoop? I wonder. Am I the only one who read the book carefully? May be.

The rumor in the medical circles, --that I guess would not be disclosed publicly, in order to avoid a repeat of massive Arab demonstrations defending their "Honour" --is that he contracted a deadly bacterial infection of the circulatory system ( which normally attacks only newly bon with week defenses) as a result of having weekened inmuned system as a result of AIDS. How he contracte that last one is anybody's guess, ( sex, needles, contaminated blod transfussion ?). Not politically correct.. ( except I guess for the transfusion possibility) but it might well be the truth nonteless.. let us see what Haartz censors do with this information!

And the Palestinians are covering it up because they can't admit to themselves that Elvis is gay. Film at 11.

Either Arafat was killed by his own people, or he died from heavenly causes, or both. Arafat was irrelvant to Israel, and there was no motive to kill him, especialy since to do so would bring bad publicity for Israel. No this had to have been down by one of Arafats own aides, or heavenly cause, or both.

It makes no difference because the truth will never be known. In the ME people believe what they want to believe and 'facts', true or not, can be readily refuted. Fogeddaboutit and move on

Yes, Chirac knew exactly what he was doing in supporting Arafat and the Arab League, yet I still think the gullibility of so many in the so called western world in legendary, especially in the sense that they could believe that Arafat was ever fighting for his people's freedom or ever, in the slightest way, interested in his people's welfare. People have been sucked in so much by the mythologyof "Palestine" that it's become impossible for the truth to matter.

Arafat was forced by zionists without any anal lube

It really is unfortunate that our partners in peace still think we poison wells,use blood to make matzot and kill people with poison.Israel could have killed Arafat at any time if it so wished.The terrorist leader died of natural causes after having grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory on a series of occassions.The latest attempt to slander Israel using Arafats death is pathetic .

It's open season for Jew/Israel accusing so anyone-Literally ANYONE can accuse Israel of things way more horrific than poisining Arafat and a good percentage of Europe and Talkbackers here will belive it with the absolute depths of their soul. Their great grandparents said we drank the blood of nonjews on Passover. Their great great grandparents said we poisined their wells with bubonic plague. To accuse us of poisining Arafat is small potatoes for the most cursed nation who has been accused of every wrong in every time by someone.

317 Yes it is our SAbbeth. But we have learned if we are attacked on SAturday we must fight back. So please dont use the SAbbeth as an excuse to attack to us. THe days of our looking away are gone. Not by all but enough to send you running

Israel could have finished off afatrat many times...in 1982,he was in the crosshairs of a sniper's,when Sharon told the man to down the rifle...and the Israelis let the rat sail to Tunis with his p.l.o. henchemen...Huge mistake...the clown could have tripped on a banana peel stepping down from the u.n. podium after his circus performance,armed with 2 guns and full loaded bandoliers...Why would Israel do it ramallah,after he was already a ghost walking into oblivion...by his looks,on the final days,the symptoms reported on the press,and his trembling,it's very possible some catastrophyc disease caught up with him...

time to reveal the truth about his ways.

Until you stop using "zionist" as a dirty word, you keep leaving yourself open to accusations of the same racism you so righteously decry. This is not a great day for anyone. Least of all the duped Palestinian people who watched their dreams fade and not gleam under this disgusting dictator's direction. Funny thing, Lakshmi, is that your beloved, perfect Hamas hated him even more than you hate "Zionists" yet, given an opportunity to go after "Zionists", you take it, even if it means standing up for the thieveing founder of the Fatah you so angrily disdain at every turn. You remqain a significant hypocrite.

Actually, it isn't an insult. Some issues are very volatile. Considering what is taking place in Gaza and the West Bank, this info could just push everyone over the edge. Of course, one never knows what Chirac's motives are to bring up the issue in the first place. Could be he just misses the limelight and needs the attention.

Richard, it's rude to belittile what the Palestinians have been through at the hands of Israel. Especially if you are Israeli. Please think of how many Palestinian civilians, children and elederly have met a violent death at the hands of Israel in the past 60 years? Think of how many Palestinians were left without a home or village destroyed; etc etc etc If you have a problem with understanding this, it is a bad prospect for peace.

Not gullible at all. After his retirement, he is living in a huge mansion owned by the Saudi royal family. Chirac is one of the most devious conspiring politicians I know of. Glad to say he is gone, wish he was forgotten.

Jecheskel are you saying that if Israel poisoned Arafat, it doesnt change anything? SO I suppose you are speaking for yourself and not globally; and I suppose you are saying that you have no problem with that possibility?

Trying to vilify and demonise Palestinian leaders, as is done by several people in this feedback section, is self-serving and self-reinforcing racism and prejudice. Ken Shipperman’s in his excellent book “Arab and Jew” noted the similarity with how the Jews were stereotyped in Europe, and Blacks in America. Now the image of Arabs as filthy, sex-craven, contaminated is propagated; (though everyone knows you don’t die of AIDS so quickly anymore; certainly not if you are a President and have access to the best medicine in the world.) Ironically, having been subjected to similar racist biases and prejudices is one reason Zionists use to justify the creation of a Jewish state. Apparently this was not a solution, rather it perpetuates a cycle.

"but trying to villify demonise Palestinians is self-serving and self-reinforcing racism. This reminds me of how the Jews were stereotyped in Europe" Marco, There is a difference when Moslems claim that Jews are pigs and monkeys and when Jews claim Arafat is a pedofile. Considor that. Anywhay, if the Italians wouldn't have been so keen in ruling the whole world, but kept themself in Rome, nothing of this would ever have happened...

If it weren't for you and Dutch, I wouldn't even visit this website. You two make me laugh out loud every time!

apparently comandante arafat died of a failure of the immune system sometime caused by cancer and in not few cases by hiv. what's the difference ? it's just your prefference for a conspirational criminal scheme masterminded by israel.

In an interview with Ahmed Jabril (some terrorist leader) on an Arabic news channel, Jabril said he was told by a high Fatah source that Arafat died of Aids. (Video clip shown on MEMRI)

look it up "baby". Is it true that in your super moral paradise prostitutes work in Djakarta cemetries.? Keep preaching"baby" the world needs your moral guidance. Corruption is all lies too isn't it?

Sharief utter the words poison several times in the article, then states that the doctors knew what kind of poison was used. if Chirac went to great lengths to keep a secret, what makes anyone believe these three doctors wopuld offer up any information let alone say it was posion. Seems like Sharief is looking for a fourth intifada. Pitty Arafat was a fool who squandered his legacy. He will be remembersd as the leader who missed all the opportunities to give his people peace. His actions killed thousands of palis. perhaps it was the palis who poisoned him!!!

are involved. Suha alone has the right to reveal the cause of death.Do the Pals want the world to find out what many suspect? Do they want the world to know the great revolutionary heroes activities. They were revealed by a former KGB agent. If something happens to Suha -----

The Palestinian people's plight today is due to Arafat's exploitation of the fact that a liberation movement could be turned into a money-machine. This simple Egyptian boy died with six billion dollars carefully hidden away in a Swiss bank, while his people lived on charity. He didn't make cars or pump oil. He didn't invent a new IT system but he did exploit a whole people, which he had to invent first. He gave a new meaning to the word 'corruption.'

It really doesn't matter how he died. He was not a good person and obviously manipulated the Pals for his own gain. The sad part is that a people dispossessed will follow anyone who they think will help them, and Arafat was able to manipulate their frustrations better than others. Sadly, he also set up a culture of corruption and the mechanisms to conduct it which still exist to the detriment of the Palestinian people. Give the Pals back their land and they'll elect better leaders as the society evolves from the tragedies of the past,

sabbath for them,but they are going to get their thrills by talking about someone else's supposed affairs!Have the decency to wait till the facts come out.As for the book quoted by Eli,it seems highly unlikely that the guy would be directly linked to Arafat's bedroom,where supposedly the lurid events took place.

Does it matter what he died from? It makes no difference. It changes nothing for the jews in Israel and it will not change the hatred of the arabs towards the jews.

my theory is that he suffocated while rolling around in the billions of aid money sent to ease his people's "suffering".

Hey Abu. Molesting little boys in their tuchuses isn't clean and friendly relations.

I appreciate that most Israeli Jews may have their own genuine concerns about Palestinian claims for nationhood but trying to villify demonise Palestinians is self-serving and self-reinforcing racism. This reminds me of how the Jews were stereotyped in Europe. The most revolting aspect of Israel's strategy for oppressing the Palestinians is it mirrors actions taken to persecute Jews in Europe last century; which Israelis then use as justification for their own actions. Sick!

If he was poisoned, Suha must be to blame. She was with him all the time in hospital, did not allow anyone to visit and used to give him chocolates.

Brant brings up a good point that Chirac should have considered before he concocted this reason for not sharing what he knows about Arafat's death. None of the possible explanations of Arafat's death should be antithetical to Palestinian "national" interests. If he had AIDS the Palestinians would certainly want to know. If he was poisoned, by whomever, they would also want to know. It is an insult to them to imply that they would engage in further bloodshed if they knew the cause of his death.

They are afraid to reveal this information because of the deeply homophobic society of the Palis and Arabs in general. So Arafat was gay, what's the big deal? A gay terrorist is still a terrorist!

The quite unpleasant death of this terrorist degenerate, who lied about his birth (Egypt; not Palestine) who bowed to Mecca when the cameras were rolling but lied and cheated and caroused and broke all the simplest tenets of Islam the rest of the time and, who stole his peoples' money and future, should indeed be of interest to Chirac; perhaps the one "leader" on earth who did more to prop up this evil and calculating despot than anyone else. It would not be "protecting Palestinian interests" to announce (were it true) that he was poisoned by Israel). No, Chirac is much more likely protecting information that either shows the extent Arafat's sexual degradation or, much more likely, the hand of Meshaal, or Kaddoumi or a host of these delightful "freedom fighters" wrongly loved and respected for far too long by way to many gullible westerners like Chirac and, it would appear, about half the people who read Haaretz.

Arafat and his lovely wife lived apart and slept apart. "Palestine was his wife", so he said. Arafat was a homosexual. However, if his blood count was off...He died of AIDS or Cancer. If it was cancer there wouldn't be the shame or speculation....Therefore.....He died of AIDS. I can only wonder who gave it to him? Abbas?

you seem to be very well informed ! do you have a cristal ball ? i am interested in your answer

I guess HIV is also called "poison" now? Interesting how Chirac and the others would rather the average Arab believe the lie that Arafat was poisoned by Jews and not tell the truth that he died from AIDs. Are they afraid the extremely homophobic Arabs would riot and murder upon discovering their precious leader liked boys? Yes, because as every Arab knows, there is NO homosexuality in the morally upstanding Arab world ... Hey Chirac ... respect the Arabs enough to tell them the truth. Tell them how he died - especially now since we all know if it were the Jews, you'd be announcing that from loudspeakers in the Square so it must be AIDs. And while we're at it, lets all hear how much money he stole from his own people. Let the Palestinians know who's responsible for the wasted decades of misery thanks to this scoundrel.

As far as political motives are concerned, nobody in Palestinians top leadership that wanted him death more than Mohammad Dahlan. The whole truth about is going to be revealed sooner rather than later. Dahlan is wrong if he think is going to get away with the crimes. Abbas knew that, Shaul Mofaz knew that, as much as Ariel Sharon knew about this conspirasy to kill ABU AMMAR.