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Suha Arafat

File - Late Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, right, and then-Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, in the West Bank seat of the PA, Ramallah, December 31, 2001. (AP Photo/Mohammed Rawas)
July 1, 2021, 3:39 pm
European Court of Human Rights refuses to hear case on Arafat’s death
Lawsuit brought by Palestinian leader’s widow and daughter alleged he died of polonium poisoning
By AFP
File: Suha Arafat at her home in Sliema, Malta, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 (AP Photo/Lino Azzopardi)
August 28, 2020, 6:52 pm
Suha Arafat says she’s being attacked by PA for defending UAE on its Israel deal
Arafat’s widow tells Israeli TV says she’s been branded a traitor for warm remarks to Abu Dhabi, indicates she has dirt on top officials which she won’t hesitate to expose
By ToI Staff
Palestinians hold pictures of late leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City on November 9, 2017, during a festival to commemorate the 13th anniversary of his death. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED)
November 18, 2017, 12:57 pm
13 years later, PA continues to accuse Israel of murdering Arafat
As Palestinians mark death of former leader, leaders and official media peddle largely debunked theory that he was poisoned
By ToI Staff
Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers Hall on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2016, 10:17 pm
Hillary Clinton understands limits of US power in Middle East
From her days as first lady through her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state, presidential candidate knows regional leaders on first-name basis
By Jon Gambrell
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prior to departure from his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 29, 2004. (photo credit: AP/Palestinian Authority/Hussein Hussein)
September 2, 2015, 8:30 pm
France closes Arafat poisoning probe without charges
Judges dismiss claims PLO leader was killed by polonium-210; widow Suha Arafat decries decision
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 2009. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90, file)
July 21, 2015, 7:24 pm
French prosecutor closes case on suspected Arafat poisoning
Yasser Arafat’s widow accuses judges of shelving the investigation too soon, over a decade after his death
By AFP
May 6, 2015, 6:37 pm
PA to appeal closing of French probe into Arafat’s death
Fatah official says investigators of former Palestinian leader’s 2004 death are withholding information
By Tamar Pileggi and AFP
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, attending Friday Muslim prayers, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 7, 2002. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX/ File)
May 6, 2015, 1:05 am
French judges end investigation into Arafat’s death
Prosecutor has three months to determine whether to put case involving late Palestinian leader to court or dismiss it
By AFP
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prior to departure from his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 29, 2004. (photo credit: AP/Palestinian Authority/Hussein Hussein)
March 16, 2015, 10:55 pm
French experts rule out foul play in Arafat’s death
Prosecutor says polonium samples found in grave ‘are of an environmental nature’
By AFP
Suha Arafat in 2013 (screen capture:Youtube/AlJazeeraEnglish)
November 12, 2014, 7:33 pm
Arafat’s widow says armed struggle will lead nowhere
Suha Arafat appears to accuse Hamas of ‘genocide’ in Gaza, laments Islamizing of Palestine, calls for renewed talks with Israel
By Marissa Newman
Suha Arafat, right, and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attend a conference in the Gaza Strip in April, 1995 (photo credit: AP/Nabil Judah)
December 6, 2013, 6:43 pm
‘Arafat’s widow to contest French findings in court’
Suha Arafat claims Swiss experts don’t believe a new report ruling out poison as the cause of her late husband’s death
By ToI Staff
Tawfiq Tirawi. (Screen capture: ScreenNews/YouTube)
From the WebDecember 3, 2013, 2:33 pm
PA investigator says close to naming people behind Arafat’s death
Reuters: Tawfiq Tirawi says ‘the next press conference will be the last’
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prior to departure from his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, October 29, 2004. (photo credit: AP/Palestinian Authority/Hussein Hussein)
November 12, 2013, 4:47 am
‘Tests on Arafat paid for by his widow, PA’
Report issued Friday by Russian scientists found insufficient evidence that the Palestinian leader was poisoned with polonium
By JTA
November 8, 2013, 2:44 pm
‘Israel is a murderous country par excellence’
Official PA daily accuses Israel of putting Yasser Arafat’s life in peril even before actively executing him
By Elhanan Miller
Yasser Arafat in 2002 (photo credit: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
November 7, 2013, 5:13 pm
The ‘murder’ that didn’t ignite the West Bank
The Palestinians demand an investigation into Arafat’s death, but the report of a poisoning is far from causing the storm it could have just a few years ago
By Avi Issacharoff
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