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| November 11, 2012
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Now Russian experts also to assist in Arafat’s exhumation

The joint team of Swiss & French investigators  will now also have Russian experts in exhuming the remains of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, scheduled for November 26.

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Russian experts will join a team of Swiss and French investigators in exhuming the remains of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat later this month.

The grave of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat

Palestinians pray at the grave of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, inside his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah – Photo by Reuters

Abbas said he hopes that thanks to the Russian involvement, “new facts will arise or be known about the causes of death.” Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2012
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French Officials Confirm Future Exhumation of Arafat’s Body

French officials confirm that criminal investigators will order the exhumation of former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat’s body in November.

By Elad Benari

French officials said on Tuesday that criminal investigators will order to exhume former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s body from his Ramallah grave next month, to try to discover the cause of his death.

According to the officials, they will visit Ramallah from November 26 to 28.

The Palestinian Authority confirmed the scheduled visit and said that a Swiss investigation team will conduct a separate visit to Ramallah at the same time. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still in progress. Continue Reading »

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| August 29, 2012
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French Police Opens Murder Investigation into Arafat’s 2004 Demise

With allegations of foul play & discoveries of the radioactive element polonium-210 on Arafat’s clothing, the French court opens murder inquiry even though the symptoms described in Arafat’s medical reports are not consistent with polonium-210 poisoning.

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

A French court has opened a murder inquiry into the death eight years ago of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, prosecutors said on Tuesday, following claims by his widow that he may have been poisoned.

Not yet Deceased PLO leader Yasser Arafat with his French doctor. – Photo: Reuters

Arafat died in a Paris military hospital in November 2004, a month after being flown, seriously ill, from his headquarters in Ramallah, where he had been essentially confined for more than two and a half years. Continue Reading »

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| August 28, 2012
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France launches official murder investigation into Arafat’s death

Police Investigation after formal complaint by Arafat’s widow following traces of highly radioactive polonium on Arafat’s underwear.

By DPA and Haaretz

 

 

French prosecutors have launched a formal murder investigation into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004, AFP news agency reported Tuesday.

 

Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat's departure from Ramallah, Oct. 29, 2004.

Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat’s departure from Ramallah, October 29, 2004. – Photo by AP

AFP reported that the prosecutor’s office in the town of Nanterre west of Paris had ordered a murder investigation following a formal complaint by Arafat’s widow, Suha Arafat. The probe will be carried out by one or more investigating magistrate, who will have the power to summon witnesses. Continue Reading »

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