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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7822)11/11/2004 5:46:36 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (3) of 32591
 
Hamas accuses Israel of killing Yasser Arafat

By Haaretz Service and Agencies

Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal on Thursday morning accused Israel of killing Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.

"I say, and do not hesitate, that I hold Israel responsible for the crime of the death of Arafat ... All reports by doctors in the last two weeks indicate he was poisoned," Mashal told Al Jazeera television by telephone.

On Tuesday, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told reporters that although the doctors' diagnosis had been inconclusive, "it rules out poisoning totally."

In 1997, two Mossad agents were arrested in Jordan after trying to poison Mashal. Israel provided an antidote and freed Hamas prisoners to get its men released.

"French and Arab doctors may not be able to find evidence as they could not find proof in my blood when I was poisoned but Israel was forced then to bring an antidote after two of its agents were held in Jordan," Mashal said.

"Israel by killing Arafat has killed the peace settlement and is sending a clear message to Palestinians and Arabs that this will be the fate of whoever rejects a settlement according to Israeli conditions."

Palestine Liberation Organisation official Yasser Abed Rabbo announced a 40-day mourning period for Arafat following the annoucement of his death on Thursday morning.


haaretzdaily.com
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