Alleged: Palestinian Authority Conspired With Israel To Murder Arafat

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Al-Jazerra Television broadcast an interview with Farouk al-Kaddoumi, Secretary-General of Fatah’s Central Committee and the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s political department in Tunisia, in which al-Kaddoumi alleged that Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas had met with Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to orchestrate the assassination or murder of Yasser Arafat.


Al-Kaddoumi alleged that he was in possession of a transcript of a conversation between Sharon and Abbas in which the two leaders discussed the most efficient method of eliminating Arafat.

This followed Arafat’s complete indifference to the events of September 11, 2001 when it became obvious that Arafat had no interest in resolving conflicts between Israel and Palestine but instead sought to continue the war to his financial benefit.

Despite repeated statements by Arafat that he wanted peace in the region, in fact he was capitalizing on the state of war and profiting enormously even going so far as to purchase a mansion in Paris, France. Arafat traveled between Paris and Palestine continuously to create the appearance that he lived in Palestine, but in fact as soon as media coverage ceased he would immediately leave Palestine for his home in Paris.


Arafat’s self-interest prevented any advancement in the peace process and it is entirely plausible that a conversation between Sharon and Abbas did occur in which they discussed efficient methods of terminating Arafat’s dominance over the Palestinian people.

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