(Ha'aretz-Ynet News) Avi Issacharoff - Thousands of Palestinians filled the plaza in front of Ramallah's Muqata government complex to mark six years since Yasser Arafat's death Thursday. Arafat's nephew Nasser al-Qudwa, a Fatah Central Committee member, reiterated accusations that Israel had poisoned the Palestinian leader, and the crowd responded with waves of applause. "We will continue to do everything in order to get to the bottom of Arafat's assassination and poisoning," al-Qudwa said. Qudwa, 51, served as the PLO's UN observer and is mentioned as a possible successor to Abbas.
2010-11-12 08:22:53Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive