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Yasser Arafat’s grave dug up in poisoning probe
Nov. 27, 2012
A dozen years after the death of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority is opening a museum honoring the founder of the Palestinian movement for political sovereignty.
Nov. 9, 2016
Fathi Arafat, 67, the brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, has died.
Dec. 2, 2004
Yasser Arafat probably poisoned by polonium, Swiss review concludes
Nov. 6, 2013
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Inam Abdel Arafat Al Kidwah; Yasser Arafat’s Sister Inam Abdel Raouf Arafat Al Kidwah, 82, eldest sister and mother figure of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Dec. 13, 1999
PLO chief Yasser Arafat led about 1,000 mourners Friday in a funeral procession for an older brother.
March 19, 1988
Swiss forensics examiners found sufficient traces of the deadly radioactive isotope polonium-210 in the exhumed remains of Yasser Arafat to conclude with relative certainty that the late Palestinian leader died of poisoning in 2004, Al Jazeera channel reported Wednesday.
* In response to “The Peripatetic Yasser Arafat,” editorial, Dec. 18: I was most surprised and delighted to read a very objective view regarding the lack of Yasser Arafat’s statesmanship.
Dec. 30, 1993
Re “Listen to Arafat in Arabic, Not in English,” Commentary, Feb. 27: David Eliezrie stated that Yasser Arafat’s refusal to modify the Palestinian Covenant calling for Israel’s destruction is yet “another broken promise by the PLO leader.”
March 4, 1996
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- In the wake of a forensics report claiming that Yasser Arafat was killed by radioactive material, the Palestinian committee investigating his death accused Israel on Friday of poisoning the Palestinian leader.
Nov. 8, 2013