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| February 28, 2017
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Facebook terminates FATAH movement page, blocks all 12 admins to 30 days each

 

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement had its Facebook page shut down, blocks the page’s 12 administrators for promoting violence, a violation of its community standards.

By i24NEWS – AFP

 

Facebook has shut down the page of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s party Fatah, apparently over a picture of late leader Yasser Arafat with a weapon, the movement said on Monday.

“We received a message that our page violated Facebook’s regulations,” Munir al-Jaghub, a media officer with Fatah and one of the page’s administrators, told AFP.

All 12 administers of the Fatah Movement page have received a 30 day-ban from posting on Facebook – Illustration: IsraelandStuff/PP

The accounts of the 12 administrators of the page, which according to Jaghub had 70,000 followers, were also suspended for 30 days. Continue Reading »

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| November 13, 2016
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Palestinian leadership agitated over Abbas’ remarks on Arafat death anniversary

 

At a memorial commemorating the 12th anniversary of Arafat’s death, Abbas implies that one of his Fatah opponents is responsible for the demise of his predecessor.

By Reuters

 

GAZA – Days after the 12th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leaders descended into new recriminations over who may have been involved in the demise of the former president.

Coming two weeks before a meeting that is expected to overhaul the leadership of Fatah, the party of Arafat and President Mahmoud Abbas, the accusations underscore a growing animosity that threatens the movement’s stability.

Abbas and the Hamas leadership meet in Qatar - Photo source: Ynet

Abbas and the Hamas leadership meet in Qatar – Photo source: Ynet

Speaking at a memorial on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Abbas said he knew who was behind Arafat’s death and that an investigating panel would soon reveal its findings.
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| October 3, 2013
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Arafat’s death unclear as Arabs hide test results

 

 

10 months after Arafat’s body was exhumed & examined by 3 teams of int’l experts, there still is no published report to the public on what caused Yasser Arafat’s death.

By Stefanie Reinhardt

 

He was a symbol of the Palestinian people, co-founder of the PLO and Fatah, a self-confessed terrorist who for decades perpetrated attacks against Israeli targets in particular, and yet was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat

 

In November 2004, Yasser Arafat died, much to the relief of some, and anguish of others. The officially announced cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. But almost immediately there was wild speculation that something else had killed the arch-terrorist, and those rumors have persisted until today. Continue Reading »

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| May 17, 2013
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Israeli Arab city to name streets after most notorious enemies

Israeli Arab city plans to name streets for terrorist leader Yasser Arafat & anti-Israeli Egyptian war-monger Gamel Abdel Nasser.

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The Israeli-Arab city of Sakhnin is planning to name streets for two of Israel’s most famous enemies, according to MK Miri Regev (Likud Beytenu).

Yasser ArafatCity officials in Sakhnin are planning to name a street for deceased Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, “a mass murderer and terrorist,” she said. A second street is to be named for Gamel Abdel Nasser, “The Egyptian President who took a hawkish stance against Israel, called to destroy it, closed the Suez Canal and began the Six Day War.” Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2012
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NOT as BBC reported! Suha Arafat Admits 2000 Intifada of Terror was Premeditated

Arafat’s widow Suha admits in TV interview that her husband decided long before Sharon’s visit to Temple Mount that he would launch war of terror, another Intifada against Israel.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Yasser Arafat’s widow, Suha, admitted that the late leader of the “Palestinian” people had decided long before former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s contentious visit to the Temple Mount that he would launch a war of terror, a.k.a. “Intifada”, against the Jewish state.

According to BBC News Thursday, 19 July, 2001: “It was Mr Sharon’s controversial visit to one part of the disputed compound last year, which lit the fuse of the Palestinian uprising.”

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| November 5, 2012
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Forensic experts meet to discuss Arafat’s exhumation

Swiss forensic experts meet in West Bank to investigate alleged traces of polonium-210 found on the dead PLO chairman’s clothes.

By REUTERS

 

GENEVA – Swiss forensic experts are in the West Bank for talks on exhuming the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to investigate whether he may have been poisoned, a spokesman said on Monday.

Deceased PLO chairman Yasser Arafat - Photo: REUTERS

Deceased PLO chairman Yasser Arafat – Photo: REUTERS

The team is working closely with the Palestinian Authority and French judicial authorities on the case which is complicated technically, legally and politically, said Darcy Christen, spokesman of Lausanne University Hospital.

“We have sent our best experts for final consultations,” Christen told Reuters.

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| August 25, 2012
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Swiss laboratory agrees to investigate Arafat death

Swiss scientists to analyze Arafat’s remains for traces of polonium & they assure the findings won’t be used for political ends.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A Swiss laboratory is to help investigate the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after receiving the go-ahead from his widow, researchers from the Institute of Radiation Physics at Lausanne’s university hospital said on Friday.

Peinture murale à Gaza - Photo: Mohammed Salem

Peinture murale à Gaza – Photo: Mohammed Salem

A team of Swiss scientists will test the exhumed body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for traces of radioactive polonium. Poisoning by this substance is suspected as a possible cause in Arafat’s 2004 death.

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| August 17, 2012
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Kick-backs, Embezzlement & Corruption led to The Palestinian Failure

The economy of the PA (which enjoyed high growth rates after 1967 when control passed to the Israelis) stagnated & then went backward. In less than a decade Arafat  managed to squander the economic well-being, & moral capital amassed by his people, during the 23 years of Israeli rule.

By A. Jay Adler, who blogs at The Sad Red Earth, Times of Israel and The Algemeiner

 

Some nations are lucky in their leaders. For decades now, academic historians have downplayed the significance of the leader – the “great man” – in the understanding of historical epochs and focused their attention elsewhere. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2012
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Swiss experts asked to perform Arafat’s autopsy

Palestinians formally request Swiss lab for help in testing exhumed remains for possible poisoning

By Associated Press

 

Swiss experts have been invited to the West Bank to test Yasser Arafat‘s remains for possible poisoning, the chief investigator looking into the 2004 death of the Palestinian leader said Wednesday.

Yasser Arafat Photo: Atta Awisat

Yasser Arafat
Photo: Atta Awisat

The announcement followed weeks of zigzagging on the autopsy issue by officials in the Palestinian Authority, the self-rule government that Arafat established. Their conflicting positions and hesitation triggered speculation they were trying to quietly kill the investigation.

Last month, Switzerland’s Institute of Radiation Physics said it had detected elevated levels of radioactive polonium-210 on stains on Arafat’s clothing, reviving longstanding rumors in the Arab world that the Palestinian leader was poisoned. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2012
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The Truth about Arafat’s Final Days

As Arab news network claims poisoning, Israel reveals the truth about Yasser Arafat’s final days.

By Amir Rappaport, Israel Defense

 

In October 2004, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was holed up in his Ramallah compound, the Mukata. IDF intelligence got reports that his health was deteriorating.

Initially, it was assumed that Arafat was suffering complications from the flu virus. The IDF planned to follow its usual protocol: allow food and other vital supplies to reach Arafat, but do not by any means release the PA Chairman. Arafat’s continued isolation was seen as vital to the battle on PA terror, which had begun to see dramatic results just months earlier. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2012
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Analyst: Polonium found on Arafat’s clothing was planted

Senior counter-terrorism analyst tells ‘Post’ the high levels of radioactive poison polonium reportedly found on belongings of late Palestinian leader indicate toxin was planted on him much later.

 

The high levels of the radioactive poison polonium reportedly found on the belongings of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat indicate that the toxin was planted on them long after Arafat’s death, a senior counter-terrorism analyst told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.

Deceased PLO chairman Yasser Arafat - Photo: REUTERS

Deceased PLO chairman Yasser Arafat – Photo: REUTERS

Dr. Ely Karmon, of the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center’s Institute for Counter-Terrorism, is a specialist in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism.

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| July 3, 2012
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Report: Radioactive poison may have killed Arafat

Eight years after Palestinian leader’s death, Al Jazeera unveils report suggesting he was poisoned with polonium

By Elior Levy

 

Conspiracy theories surrounding Yasser Arafat‘s death have resurfaced eight years after his passing. The  former Palestinian Authority chairman may died of radioactive poisoning, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The report is based on the findings of tests performed by a Swiss laboratory and exposed in a new documentary film.

החוקרים בודקים את כובעו של ערפאת (צילום: אל ג'זירה)

Taking samples from Arafat's hat - Photo: Al-Jazeera

The Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne tested samples taken from Arafat’s personal belongings including his clothes, his toothbrush and even his iconic kaffiyeh. The personal effects were provided by Arafat’s widow Suha. Continue Reading »

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| May 15, 2012
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PA issues international arrest warrant for Arafat confidante

Muhammad Rashid is accused of embezzling millions from the Palestinian people

The Palestinian Authority’s Anti-Corruption Commission has issued an international arrest warrant for Muhammad Rashid, known publicly as Khaled Salam, a close adviser and confidante of deceased Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Rashid, who left the Palestinian territories in 2004 following Arafat’s death, is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the coffers of the Palestinian Authority.
Rashid, an Iraqi Kurd, has refused the request of the Palestinian prosecutor general to appear before a local court for questioning surrounding accusations of corruption and embezzlement during his tenure as head of the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF), Rafiq Natsheh, head of the anti-corruption commission said in a press statement Tuesday.
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| May 3, 2012
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Abbas, Hamas seek Arafat archive

Documents currently in Tunisia reportedly include information on planned terror attacks against Israel, terror groups’ funding sources

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded that the archive of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat be handed over to his care, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Thursday.

Yasser and Suha Arafat (archives) Photo: AP

Yasser and Suha Arafat - archives Photo by AP

The documents, which are currently in Tunisia, reportedly contains fascinating information on planned terror attacks against Israeli targets, the funding sources of terror organizations and negotiations with Israeli officials from the political and security establishments

The London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported this week that the archive has been a point of contention ever since Arafat’s death in 2004 and the Hamas-Fatah split. Continue Reading »

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