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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Polonium

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
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 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
Tawfiq Tirawi. (Screen capture: ScreenNews/YouTube)
January 26, 2014, 4:15 pm
Fatah official calls for ‘coordinated’ armed resistance
Palestinians will reject any agreement presented by Kerry and American ‘liars’, Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi says
By Elhanan Miller
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
A Palestinian honor guard stands at the grave of the late Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
December 3, 2013, 5:35 pm
French experts say Arafat wasn’t poisoned
Specialists conclude that Palestinian leader was not killed by radioactive substance, sources tell AFP
By Lazar Berman
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
A Palestinian honor guard stands at the grave of the late Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
November 9, 2013, 3:11 am
Russian report stirs new confusion in Arafat death
PA officials call Moscow’s findings on former Palestinian leader’s cause of death inconclusive, one day after Swiss scientists claimed he was probably poisoned
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh
Palestinian men and women take part in a protest marking the anniversary of the 1988 symbolic declaration of independence by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Damascus gate in the old city of Jerusalem. November 14, 2012 (Photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
November 7, 2013, 9:27 pm
‘Arafat poisoned’ report may hamper Abbas in talks with Israel
For PA chief, best option would have been for predecessor’s grave to have remained undisturbed, says Israeli expert
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
Suha Arafat in 2013 (screen capture:Youtube/AlJazeeraEnglish)
November 7, 2013, 4:16 pm
Jerusalem journalists point the finger at Arafat’s inner circle
Matt Rees and Matthew Kalman, co-authors of e-book ‘The Murder of Yasser Arafat,’ say the Palestinians did it
By Jessica Steinberg
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 7, 2013, 3:07 pm
Former FM insists Israel had no hand in Arafat’s death
If we’d wanted to kill him, the easiest thing would have been to prevent him leaving West Bank for treatment, says Silvan Shalom, after report claims PLO leader was poisoned
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
November 6, 2013, 7:10 pm
Scientists say they found polonium in Arafat’s remains
Foreign Ministry dismisses report that Palestinian leader was poisoned with rare radioactive element
By Lazar Berman and Raphael Ahren
Yasser Arafat in September 2003. At the time Arafat was the head of the Palestinian Authority. (photo credit: Flash90)
From the WebNovember 6, 2013, 6:34 pm
Swiss study says polonium found in Arafat’s bones
Al Jazeera: Scientists 83% certain late Palestinian leader killed by rare poison after finding 18 times normal level in remains
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