THE ARAFATS MEN BIOGRAPHY ---------------------------- The fascinating thing about Arafat is that he died on Nov 11th 2004, the day of the soldier, the day of declaration of peace, the day of rememberance !!! A sick pack of a day + all four one's. The only problem with jewish and muslim funerals is that they bury their dead way too fast, he was buried the next day, who has time to get ready for such a fast funeral ? Why hurry to be put in the ground, when you will be in there for good anyways. I am into middle-eastern politics and not much truth has been told on Arafat, only his terrorist side view but not why had it to be like that for some time... I am not taking any sides here, the bottom line is, Israel and Palestine, they must live in peace, because they are pre-destined to live together, or they will die together for a peace of land they will not even be buried in. I dont consider Arafat a terrorist, he had to do what he had to do, to protect the little land that was stolen from him and his people... We are not supreme judges to judge him but if there was no Arafat, there would be no Palestinian state. In order to achieve peace there, I am convinced East Jerusalem must go to the Palestinians and at least 75% of West bank. War criminals like sharon and bush and their fancy talk and public approval of the land grab of West bank will only create more problems and terrorist attacks throughout the world. The arab nations should be ashamed they are not doing enough for Palestine, I guess they also pretend to be religious on the outside but on the inside just care about money and oil, just like the west. On Jan 14th israel cut the ties with Abbas because of "terrorist" attacks how can you cut conversation with somebody who was not even yet officially sworn in as a president ? Excuses after excuses,just to stall 'peace process'... If there is some peace from the Palestinians, it will only be because jews will stop attacking and killing them. I do believe if a powerful country who attacks smaller and kills innocent should repay some monetary damage, show and give some respect... Otherwise hate remains and grows. For example in Vietnam: The herbicide Agent Orange has left a lasting legacy on Vietnam: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3798581.stm On 11/13/04 it was reported: In the case of Arafat, both of his parents are dead; he has no son. Arafat's living heirs were his wife Suha, his daughter and his brother, Dr. Fathi Arafat. Fathi Arafat was treated in a Cairo hospital for terminal cancer; Fathi Arafat died on Dec 1st after Arafat, therefore his heirs will not stand to inherit from Yasser Arafat. Yasser Arafat predeceased Fathi Arafat and Fathi's family stands to inherit part of their uncle's estate through their father. Only one sister Haji was still alive. ========================================================== BIOGRAPHY & KEY EVENTS IN THE LIFES OF YASSER & FATHI ARAFAT & OSLO AGREEMENT By: L.J. ----------------------------------------------------------- ARAFAT, YASSER (Abu Amar) (1929-2004) Born in Cairo on 4 Aug. 1929; full name is Abdul Rahman Abdul Ra’uf Arafat Al-Qudwa Al-Husseini; grew up mainly in Cairo and for a brief period, in Jerusalem; fought in 1948 alongside the Mufti's defense forces of Palestine; graduated from Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, in 1956; founder and president (1952-57) of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) in Cairo/Egypt; founder and chairman of the Union of Palestinian Graduates in 1956; volunteered in the Egyptian army during the Suez Canal crisis; left to Kuwait in late 1956; co-founder (with Abu Jihad) of the first Fatah-cell in 1957; founder of Fatah party (January 1959), until today PLO's largest faction; Fatah leader since 1958 and its spokesperson since 1968; member of the first Palestinian delegation to China to confer with Premier Chou-En-Lai in March 1964; elected chairman of the PLO Exec. Committee since Feb. 1969 when Fatah took over the PLO; changed the directions of the PLO from being pan-Arabist to focusing on the Palestinian national cause; appointed Commander-in-Chief of the all-Palestinian/Arab guerilla forces in Sept. 1970; agreed to ‘liberate Palestine by stages’ at the PNC conference of 1974; addressed the UN General Assembly in New York for the first time on 13 Nov. 1974, saying he bore an olive branch (for peace) in one hand, and a gun (for war) in the other; rejected Egyptian President Sadat's peace talks with Israel from 1977-1978, after it became clear that its version of Palestinian autonomy fell far short of statehood, and gave no role to the PLO; in 1985, signed a Framework for Peace with his old enemy, King Hussein of Jordan, encompassing plans for a Palestinian-Jordanian confedera­tion (was abrogated by King Hussein in 1986 when Arafat failed to condemn the Achille Lauro affair); in March 1986, offered to accept UN Res. 242 and 338, and thus Israel, if the permanent UNSC members guarantee the Palestinians’ right to self-determination; on 15 Nov. 1988, recognized Israel, renounced terrorism and proclaimed the independent Palestinian State; and elected by the PLO Central Council as the first President of the State of Palestine on 2 April 1989; offered his services to negotiate an Arab solution to the 1990-1991 Gulf Crisis, after Saddam Hussein's call to arms on behalf of Palestine; announced his marriage to Suha Tawil in Feb. 1992; Survived one of many attempts on his life, including an air crash over the Libyan Sahara in April 1992; (sabotaged by Israel's controversial police Mossad, Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim, Hebrew: "Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks" is an Israeli intelligence agency, commonly referred to as Mossad. It is responsible for intelligence collection, covert action including paramilitary activities and assassinations. Its focus is on Arab nations and organizations throughout the world); supervised secret negotiations with Israel from 1992 which led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles between PLO and Israel on 13 Sept. 1993; since then negotiating with Israel on Palestinian self-rule; returned to Palestine on 1 July 1994; set up the PA and appointed as President and Minister of Interior; awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace together with Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and FM Shimon Peres in 1994; elected President in the Jan. 1996 elections (with 87.3% of the vote); appointed a committee to draw up a Palestinian constitution; met Pres. Clinton during his first official visit to the US in May 1996; announced a new 25-member cabinet on 9 May; faced with resignations from the PLC and his cabinet in 1997-1998 (e.g., Hanan Ashrawi and Haidar Abdul Shafi) over his failure to implement reforms and combat corruption; received the Golden Pegasus prize in Florence in June 1998; signed the Wye River Plantation Agreement with Israel in October 1998, calling for further Israeli withdrawals and a Palestinian crackdown on militants; in 1999, threatened to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state in the WBGS with East Jerusalem as its capital, at the end of the Interim Period following Israel's failure to meet its commitments, but is persuaded against this; signed the Sharm Esh-Sheikh Agreement in Sept. 1999, which calls for a 7%-transfer of Area C to Area B; headed the negotiations in Camp David with Pres. Clinton and PM Barak in July 2000, taking a firm stand, and was held responsible when no agreement was reached; increasingly marginalized by the Israeli govt. following the election of right-wing PM Ariel Sharon in Feb. 2001, who refused to meet or deal with him; banned from traveling and confined to his compound (the Muqata) *** in Ramallah by the Israeli army for much of the Al-Aqsa Intifada; accepted under international pressure to appoint a PM in Feb. 2003, and swore in Mahmoud Abbas as first ever PM in April 2003; after Abbas resignation, announced an PA Emergency Govt. in early Oct. 2003; swore in the subsequent government of the new PM Ahmed Qrei’a govt. on 12 Nov. 2003. Turned seriously ill on Oct. 2004 and was flown from Ramallah (Friday 10.29.2004) to Paris via Amman to receive further medical treatment on the suspicion of suffering from a potentially fatal blood disorder or poisoning, marking the first time he went abroad since 2001, being kept under virtual house arrest. Underwent medical checks and treatment at the Percy Military Teaching Hospital in Clamart, outside Paris but failed to recover and was pronounced dead on 11 November 2004, 3:33 AM Paris time, ending days of rumors over his condition. Will be dearly remembered by his people for forcing their plight into the world spotlight, devoting his life to the quest for Palestinian statehood and unified them in their struggle for national freedom, independence and giving Palestine international recognition. As far as Arafat being poisoned, hard to tell, his condition kept on improving, then getting worse, then improving, that is not how poisones work and they kill within a week not within a month, drugs also improve condition, temporarily, but it is possible Yasser Arafat might have been poisoned by Mossad, the secret Israeli police by an unknown, secret substance which stops the nervous and nero-transmission system of nerve cells from the brain which in turn creates organ failures. Key events in Yasser Arafat's life: Place & Date of Birth: August 4, 1929: (Born in Jerusalem, Sunday) Officially born in Cairo, Egypt, the fifth child of Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, a Palestinian merchant. 1933: His mother, Zahwa, dies. Yassir and his infant brother, Fathi, are sent to Jerusalem to live with an uncle. 1949: Moves back to Cairo, and forms Palestinian Students' League. 1956, August: Attends international student congress in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he secures membership for Palestine. For first time, he wears the Palestinian headdress, or keffiyeh, that becomes his trademark. January 1, 1965: Forms Fatah guerrilla movement. Two days later attempts the first of many attacks on Israel, an abortive bombing of a water canal in Galilee. March 21, 1968: An Israeli army attack on the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) base at Karameh, Jordan, inflicts heavy losses, but is seen as victory for Mr. Arafat and his group. Thousands join the PLO. February 4, 1969: Takes over PLO chairmanship, transforming the group into a dynamic force that makes the Palestinian cause known worldwide. November 13, 1974: Addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York. June 6, 1982: Israel invades Lebanon to crush the PLO, forcing Mr. Arafat to flee Beirut for Tunisia in North Africa. October 1, 1985: Narrowly escapes death in an Israeli air raid on the PLO headquarters in Tunis. April 16, 1988: Khalil al-Wazir, the PLO’s military commander, also known as Abu Jihad, is assassinated in Tunis. Israel is blamed. December 12, 1988: Accepts Israel's right to exist, and renounces terrorism. August 2, 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait. Mr. Arafat supports Saddam Hussein. November 2, 1991: Secretly marries his secretary, Suha Tawil, 28, in Tunis. Their daughter, Zahwa, is born on July 24, 1995, in Paris. April 7, 1992: Rescued, bruised and shaken, after his plane crash lands in the Libyan desert during a normal sandstorm, but also due to 'mechanical errors', killing the two pilots and an engineer. September 13, 1993: Signs the Oslo peace accords with Israel on Palestinian autonomy, giving the PLO control of most of the Gaza Strip and 27 per cent of West Bank. Historic handshake with Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, on the White House lawn. July 1, 1994: Returning from exile, he triumphantly sets foot on Palestinian soil for the first time in 26 years. December 10, 1994: Wins Nobel Peace Prize, along with Mr. Rabin and Shimon Peres, the Israeli Foreign Minister. November 4, 1995: A right wing Jew assassinates Mr.. Rabin at a peace rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. Five days later Mr. Arafat makes his first visit to Israel, in a secret trip to offer condolences to Mr. Rabin's widow. January 20, 1996: Elected president of the Palestinian Authority in the first Palestinian elections. January 15, 1997: Signs an accord with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, on Israeli pullout from 80 per cent of the West Bank city of Hebron. October 23, 1998: At a meeting in America, Israel and Palestine agree an interim land-for-peace deal on the West Bank. July 11, 2000: Seeking a final peace deal, President Bill Clinton convenes "Camp David II" and sequesters Mr. Arafat and Ehud Barak, the Israeli Prime Minister, for nine days. Afterwards, the White House declares the summit a failure. September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon, the leader of Israel's opposition Likud party, visits a Jerusalem shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims, provoking clashes that escalate into a second Palestinian uprising. December 3, 2001: After three suicide bombings, Israel destroys Mr. Arafat's three helicopters in Gaza City, effectively confining him to the West Bank town of Ramallah until the end of his life. (for 3 years) January 18, 2002: Two Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers park outside his headquarters, confining him to his office complex, in retaliation after a Palestinian gunman bursts into a dinner and kills six Israelis. In three ensuing military sieges, most of the buildings in his compound are torn down except for his three-storey office. March 27, 2002: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover holiday meal at Park Hotel in Netanya, prompting the Israeli army to invade the West Bank. March 29, 2002: The Israeli Cabinet declares him an "enemy". Troops seize Ramallah, including most of his compound, further pinning him in. April 2, 2002: Refuses Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s offer of exile, saying he would rather die than leave the West Bank. June 24, 2002: President Bush calls on the Palestinians to replace him as leader. (completelly unsuccessful call, if he was to be replaced, sharon should have been first to go as well) April 29, 2003: The Palestinian parliament confirms his deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, as Prime Minister, after pressure from America and Israel to sideline Mr. Arafat. June 4, 2003: At the first ever major Israeli-Palestinian summit without him, America and Israel launch the "road map" peace plan, to end fighting and create a Palestinian state by 2005. (nothing came about) September 6, 2003: Mr. Abbas, weakened by a power struggle, resigns and is replaced by Ahmed Qureia, the speaker of the Palestinian parliament. October 21, 2004: a gallstone discovered. October 26, 2004: Israeli government passes a resolution for a complete withdrawal of its troops (within a year) from Gaza strip. October 27, 2004: Collapses and falls, briefly unconscious. Second gallstone discovered. October 29, 2004: Flies for treatment and medical care to France, on November 3rd falls into deep coma. November 11 2004: (Fitting... Veterance and Rememberance Day) (Thu) Died at 3:30am in France, military hospital, from exhaustion & not fully explained reasons for organ failures. He was buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah after a funeral in Cairo that drew scores of world leaders. November 14: Two members of the Palestinian security services were killed in a lengthy exchange of gunfire as PLO leader Mahmud Abbas visited a mourning tent at late leader Yasser Arafat's Gaza City headquarters, medical sources said. Medical sources named the two victims as Kamal Abu Khenief, a member of Arafat's elite Force 17 unit, and Rawad Darwish, a member of the preventive security service. Arafat Museum and Last Years: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051111/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_051111160150 ---------------------------------------------------------------- FATHI ARAFAT (1933-2004): Born on 1 11 (probably Jan 11 ) 1933, brother of PLO President Yasser Arafat; Studied Medicine at Cairo University, 1950-57; practiced as pediatrician in Cairo hospitals, then in Kuwait (from 1962) and Jordan (from 1967); became a member of the PNC in 1967; President of Palestine General Union of Physicians and Pharmacists since 1968; Vice-Pres. of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) since 1968 and Pres. since 1978; in 1972, Honorary Secretary of the Executive Board of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health; in 1982, elected Vice-President, Council of Ministers of Public Health of the Non-Aligned Countries; since 1982 Chief Delegate for Palestine to the World Health Organization in Geneva; since 1992 President of the Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (formerly Palestine Academy for Scientific Research) & President of the Palestine Higher Health Council; died in Cairo on December 1 2004. Also buried there. He is survived by daughter Amani, son Tarek, wife. Key Events in Fathi Arafat's life: Place & Date of Birth: Jerusalem, Jan 11 1933 (Wed) Education: 1950: Faculty of Medicine - Cairo University, Egypt, Graduated 1957 Honorary Degrees: 1998: Honorary Doctorate of Science, International University, Sri Lanka Career Milestones: 1957: Resident in Pediatrics, Qasr el Eini and other Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt 1962: Pediatrician, Kuwait Hospitals and Clinics 1967: Pediatrician, Palestinian Refugee Camps, Jordan 1967: Lifetime Member, Palestinian National Council (PNC) 1968: Vice President anf founder, Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) 1972: Honorary Secretary, Executive Board Council of Arab Ministers of Health 1978: President - Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) 1982: Vice-President, Council of Ministers of Public Health Non-Aligned Countries 1982: Chief Delegate, Palestine, World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland 1992 - 2004: President - Palestine Higher Council of Health (PCH) 1992 - 2004: President - Palestine Academy for Scientific Research (changed in 1998 to the Palestine Academy for Sciences) doctor, owner & president of the Palestinian hospital in Gaza. December 1 2004: (Wed) died in Cairo hospital of pancreatic & intestinal cancer. He was never told his brother had passed away. Newspaper Reporting: Cairo, Egypt - Fathi Arafat, founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and brother of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Mourners led by Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Mohammed Sobeih prayed beside the 67-year-old Fathi Arafat's coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, at Cairo's Armed Forces mosque after Friday prayers. Fathi Arafat died on Wednesday at Cairo's Palestine Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer. Fathi Arafat quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Muslim version of the Red Cross, three years ago, but continued to serve as honorary chairman. He was also a senior member of Fatah, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's main political movement. Fathi Arafat is survived by his wife, Nadia, daughter, Amani and son, Tarek. He is also survived by a brother, Mohsen, and sisters Khadija, Mervat and Madiha. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OSLO AGREEMENT: In 1993, Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Declaration of Principles. In 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty. 1995 saw the signing of the Oslo Interim Agreement. By 1996, Israel had withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and most of the towns along the West Bank. The Palestinians took possession as the Israelis withdrew. That year, the Palestinians in the West Bank elected a Fatah-controlled legislature, with Yasser Arafat as Chairman. In 1997, the Intifada revolt began in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. In 2000, the Oslo Agreements came to a deadlock. Palestinians demanded that the people held in their refugee camps should be allowed to return to Israel. East Jerusalem was not allowed to return to Palestine as their capital. Israel wanted to annex portions of the Palestinian areas and keep settlements intact. The Palestinians decided to riot in September of that year following Ariel Sharon's visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount which is also the site of the Palestinian holy Al-Aqsa mosque. It is easy to overlook the fact that Arafat and the PA, who commanded the allegiance of most Palestinians were the only people capable of making peace. It is equally easy to overlook the fact that Arafat's Islamist opponents have benefited most from Israel's policies. By denying these facts, Jews cling hysterically to their mythical vision that Israel is pursuing peace, while Arafat and the Palestinians pursue only Israel's destruction. The most important example is the crucial negotiation at Cam David, in the summer of 2000, when the Israeli prime minister at the time, Ehud Barak, met with Yasser Arafat. Most jews will tell you that Barak made an amazingly generous offer (All of Gaza + 27% of West Bank territories to be returned to Palestine, except East Jerusalem), that he was willing to give up everything the Israelis had seized in the 6 day war in return for peace, that Arafat simply refused the generous offer. That is the official story told throughout the organized Jewish community. It was also the official story of the US government and news media at the time. When you look carefully at the facts they are just as complicated as the 6 day war or any other moment of confrontation with Israel and its neighbours. All sorts of them. Many of them find good reasons why Arafat turned down Barak's offer. Even the New York Times, many months later, on its front page that Arafat, Barak & Clinton share blame for the breakdown of the talks. By then, though it was too late (2nd intifada was already raging). The official story was so widely believed that other views couls scarcely be heard, especially in the Jewish communities. Nor is it often remembered that when Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met again at Taaba in 1/2001, it was Barak who broke off the talks, not Arafat. That fact would not fit into the prevailing myth. It would raise questions about Israel's innocence, its moral justification and its desire for peace. So it is simply forgotten. The mythic version of these events, putting all the blame on Arafat, has been very useful for Barak's successor, Ariel Sharon. Sharon had often stated his opposition to the principles of the Oslo Agreement. He has used 2 main strategies to destroy that framework. One is sheer force, trying to intimidate the Palestinians into giving up the intifada and accepting peace on Israel's terms. Sharon's other approach is to attack on the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and especially its leader, Arafat. In the fall of 2001, the Sharon Lekud government set out to promote the idea that Arafat is no longer a "partner for peace" that he is "irrelevant" and no longer wields legitimate authority. Sharon presented 'some evidence' that Arafat was smuggling weapons into Palestine. So, Arafat was smuggling evidence and a prooven fact that Israel has WMD and Atmoic/Hydrogen bombs, that's just ok. These plans along with incursions into the Palestinian land, illegal grabbing of the land, repression & persecution of Palestinian people has been successful for sharon but surely it will backfire on him & his cronies in bigger proportions. (sooner or later) Many of the hawks (cronies) in the Bush administration, who were pursuing the 'intelligent' president to war,have close ties to Israel. The main reason was, they wanted Israel's enemies defeated, they did not succeed but made it worse. The more difficult question is not why Arafat rebuffed the Camp David ideas but why he failed to embrace the Clinton parameters five months later in December 2000, which came far closer to meeting the Palestinian principles. By then, however, everything had changed. The intifada was raging, Palestinians were seething and mourning their dead and many of Arafat's advisors were counseling against the deal. Arafat, ever the short-term tactician and with his finger invariably fastened to the public pulse, wanted neither to reject the deal nor embrace it, basking in his reinvigorated popular status and unsure whether he could swiftly turn his people's mood from anger at Israel to peace with it. With President Clinton only weeks away from leaving office and Barak not far behind, he probably believed he could wait for a better time, feeling more comfortable riding the wave of popular anger than risking his domestic status with a controversial agreement. Why rush to solve a 50-year-old conflict in a mere five months ? Besides, every previous encounter had suggested that if he held out for more, more would soon be offered. How Arafat will be remembered is a matter of historical interest, but, far more than that, one of great political import. Whoever succeeds him will lack his legitimacy and any future peace agreement inevitably will be measured against what, in his people's eyes, would have been his stance. Arafat was a man who resorted to violence (ONLY IN THE BEGINNING) and missed several opportunities. But he also was the first Palestinian leader to embrace the two-state solution and recognize Israel's right to exist. If we wrongly choose to depict Arafat as the man who could only say no, his successors will find it virtually impossible ever to say yes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Is Arafat's wife still a Christian? (who cares) WorldNetDaily | 11/9/04 | Laura Mansfield The wife of ailing Yasser Arafat, Suha Arafat, may not have truly converted to Islam when she married the Palestinian leader, an issue that could be a major factor in the controversy surrounding the execution of his will and distribution of his fortune. Suha was a 27-year-old Christian at the time she married 61-year-old Yasser Arafat in 1990. Although she ostensibly converted to Islam in 1990, that conversion appears to be somewhat in doubt. According to a 2001 article by Danny Rubenstein in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, "Suha was quoted in several interviews as saying that she had only accepted Islam for 'diplomatic purposes.' In recent years, she has been seen attending the Christmas Mass in Bethlehem, and according to Palestinian gossip, she was extremely angered at the reception in Bethlehem for Pope John Paul II, where the pontiff's address was interrupted by the sound of the muezzin summoning the Muslim worshipers to prayer." As WorldNetDaily reported, Israeli sources say Suha hopes to delay as long as possible the announcement of her husband's death to bide time while she tries to negotiate for herself a large inheritance. The validity of her conversion to Islam comes into play when considering Islamic law regarding inheritance and may in fact be at the foundation of the melodrama being acted out in Paris. Arafat reportedly had a brain hemorrhage last night and is in critical condition in a Paris hospital. As WorldNetDaily reported, Suha requested her husband last week draft a will leaving his multimillion dollar fortune to her, but Arafat refused. Islamic inheritance law is somewhat complex, but basically inheritance is governed according to the following guidelines. When a Muslim dies, the following sequence of events is mandated by Islamic sharia law: 1. payment of funeral expenses 2. payment of his/her debts 3. execution of his/her will 4. distribution of remaining estate amongst the heirs according to sharia law Under Islamic law, there are many restrictions as to who can and who cannot inherit. First, illegitimate and adopted children have no rights of inheritance whatsoever, and most Islamic scholars agree that Christians do not have the right to inherit from a Muslim. (But courts will have to decide anything) According to the Quran, the following heirs have the right to inherit from a Muslim: Mother Father Husband Widow Son Daughter Brother Sister Three other categories who can inherit have been designated by Islamic jurists, but these do not apply in the case of Arafat because his grandparents are no longer living, and he has no grandchildren. Female heirs inherit one-half of the share to which male heirs are entitled. In the case of Arafat, both of his parents are dead; he has no son. Only if Yasser Arafat predeceases Fathi Arafat will Fathi's family stand to inherit part of their uncle's estate through their father. Yasser Arafat has one more brother Mohsen and 3 sisters: Khadija, Mervet and Madiha alive. -------------------------------------------------------- Sites: (just copy them, paste them into your internet browser) http://www.canadiancontent.net/forums/about2455.html Arafat's tribute http://spot.colorado.edu/~chernus/NewspaperColumns/LongerEssays/AmericanJewsAndMythOfIsrael.htm From Jewish-neutral perspective http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1102061191238 Jews dont allow arafat to go to funeral of brother http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1F798CCC-CB7C-4395-BCE1-93C40AEBDD8D.htm Funeral for Arafat http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/two-killed-in-gunfight-near-Arafat-mourning-tent/2004/11/15/1100384455871.html?oneclick=true 2 Killed at Arafat's funeral http://www.mofa.gov.ps/Statistics/Settlements.asp Illegal Palestine Occupation http://middleeastinfo.org/article91.html Arafat's Speech to his Nation http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/Arafats_Last_Defenders.asp Arafat's Defenders http://fairuse.1accesshost.com/news2/latimes393.htm Behind the Camp David Myth - Arafat didn't blindly spurn a generous offer. And he was no terrorist, no matter what everybody else says! You do what you have to do to have your just goals realised. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article7238.htm A Man and his People - True Story of Arafat http://globalexchange.org/countries/palestine/359.html The Full Story of Resolution 242: How the US Sold Out the Palestinian by Former CIA Political Analyst http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1619849,00.html Yasser & Arafat born http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1619353,00.html Yasser Arafat in his Own Words& MORE http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2004%20News%20archives/October/13n/Moussa%20Arafat%20Survives%20Bomb%20Attack.htm http://www.smh.com.au/news/Middle-East-Conflict/French-death-certificate-says-Arafat-born-in-Jerusalem/2004/11/16/1100384506132.html?oneclick=true http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/middleeast/arafat_timeline.html Arafat born in Jerusalem & timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/arafat.html#13 Arafat Bio http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051117-04258-4913r Blame It all on Arafat - Ignorance has no end and ignorant peooppplle have no limits. Ignorance is emptiness and the playground for the fools. - If we do not get our land, independencee, out children sure will and if they will not get it, their children will !!! - Yasser Arafat 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Israeli Justice Minister Yosef Lapid said Qureia's resignation in July 04 is a result of the anarchy that Araft has deliberately brought on the Palestinians. However, Yossi Beiling, a prominent dovish politician who was one of the signers (With Peres and Rabin) of a model peace treaty with Palestinians counterparts earlier this year, said the crisis in the Palestinian government was "the bitter fruit of Sharon's policy in the past four years of destroying the ingrastrucutre of the Palestinian Authority. Both Sharon and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz (also a criminal) wanted Arafats dead. Other sites of interest: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051111/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpalestinian_051111160150 Arafat Museym/Last Days http://www.palestinenet.org/english/ Palestinian News http://www.pna.gov.ps/ Moussa Arafat, almost killed: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/middleeast/arafat_timeline.html http://www.palestinereport.org/article.php?article=904 Moussa's death http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/622843.html Moussa buried http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=18359 ERADICATION OF ARAFAT PLANNED WAY BEFORE 2004 ? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041122/ts_nm/mideast_arafat_cause_dc No poison found for arafat http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9165 Arafat Poisoned ? http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/raw?dp=rssnews&u=ap/20050909/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arafat&rn=world Yasser's Arafat's Death is mystery http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050908/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arafat_5 Massive Stroke ? http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=arafat+moussa&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-news-t&fl=0&x= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4597551.stm STATUE IN HONOR OF ARAFAT, WELL DESERVED ! Moussa Arafat (1941-2005): Moussa Arafat was a member of a Fatah cell in a Gaza neighborhood in 1965-66 and later headed the Fatah's southern command in Jordan. He was appointed as head of Military Intelligence while the PLO was headquartered in Tunisia and moved to the territories in 1994 following the Oslo agreements. Major General Moussa Arafat al-Qidwi was born Jaffa 1/13/1941 (date in dispute, may be May 31-June 4th, July 7th). Died in Gaza City morning of September 7, 2005 was a cousin of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He was the son of one of his father's brothers' sons. In July 2004, Arafat was appointed head of the Palestinian Public Security Service in the Gaza Strip. This appointment and corruption claims against Moussa were partially the catalyst for intense armed conflict in the streets of Gaza between Palestinian 'militants' of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade group and fighters loyal to Chairman Arafat's Fatah. Following the conflict, Yasser Arafat reshuffled the Gaza security apparatus and appointed somebody else to the post, in August 04. In April 2005 Arafat was removed from his position by President Abbas as security chief but was subsequently named as adviser on military affairs with ministerial rank and as an advisor to Abbas. A power struggle between rival Palestinian factions emerged in Gaza and the West Bank in anticipation of jewish plan to withdraw troops and settlers from some of the occupied territory by the end of September 2005. Arafat did not see the full completion of jewish removal. In 2003 M Arafat escaped injury in an explosion in his office caused by rockets fired, he claimed, by Palestinian enemies. In October 2004, Moussa Arafat and a top security official in the Gaza Strip, survived a car bomb that exploded in his convoy. Israel's military denied direct involvement. At 5 AM on September 7, 2005, dozens of masked gunmen (estimates of their number range from 80 to 100) in a convoy of about 20 vehicles, and armed with assault rifles and anti-tank grenades, stormed Arafat's home in Gaza. After a gunfight with Arafat's large team of bodyguards, the gunmen dragged Arafat outside in his pajamas, and shot him dead with one bullet in his head and fourteen in his body. They then brutally ran over his corpse with a car. While Arafat's home is close to a security forces headquarters and only 300-400 metres from Palestinian Authority president Abbas's residence, media reports state that the police did not appear until 7:00 AM, about two hours after the incident. Police did not get involved. Did they know about it ? Did they chicken out ? Shame... Aftermath of Moussa Arafat's assassination: "By killing Mouusa, we have implemented God`s law" a spokesman, Mohammed Abdel Al, representative of the People's Resistence (PRC) said. Mohammed Abdel Al, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, a militant group, claimed responsibility for Arafat's assassination, but he never gave coherent answers, saying they killed Arafat to punish him for corruption after the Palestinian security forces had taken no action against him. Mahmoud Abbas pledged to track down Arafat's killers. IT IS VERY WELL BELIEVED THAT PRC ARE MERCENARIES WORKING FOR ISRAELIS OR FOR PALESTINIANS WHO WORK WITH ISRAELIS. Some moderates wanted both Arafats out, PRC is not bringing peace to Palestine. It is possible some people in charge within Palestinian government made a deal with Israel to get rid of both Arafats. Arafat's oldest son, Manhal, and three bodyguards were kidnapped by the gunmen who killed Arafat. The bodyguards were released shortly thereafter, but Manhal was held for a day before being released to an Egyptian government delegation in Gaza. Manhal Arafat, 29, is a major in the Palestinian military intelligence. At least Moussa was able to see the withdrawal of Israeli occupation, Yasser did not see it, but did live to see the israeli vote on it on Oct 26th 2004. There is much more work to be done, much land to be returned ! Moussa, certainly was no angel, deserved some ass kicking, but not death. UPDATE: Some people resposnible for Moussa's death, are dead themselves. Almost 7 months later on March 31st 2006, one of the two top PRC commanders were killed: Khalil al-Quqa\Quka aka Abu Yousef, responsible in part for Moussa's death. Israel was accused, but they denied it and there is no evidence, but who knows, they always deny or say we did not do or did it. They same same crap about their atomic & hydrogen bombs. Since his car was packed with explosived and exploded outside a mosque, it would be impossible for Israeli murdering secret agents to pack the car with explosived, on Palestinian land. They prefer rocket attacks anyways. Fatah members and PRC do not like each other, mostly because over the death of Moussa. They had some clashes between each other. Preventive Security Service has been trying to kill Abu Quka for some time, and that loyalists of Mohammed Dahlan and Samir Masharawi, two Gaza Strongman, were spying on Abu Quka's home day before his death. He was a former member of Security Service and he defected. However, one week later, on April 7, Israel admitted to killing that day five PRC members by a missile strike. Five militans, including a senior commander and bomb maker were killed in an explosion that hit a car and militant base in the southern Gaza Strip. In June and later on some leaders of PRC were killed by israeli terrorists' fire, even though it's good some of them are gone, many innocent civilians died with them as well including children and elderly. Israel always blames Hamas for attacking 'em from heavily civilian populated places but that's pure BS. The fact is that Gaza is the most populated place in the world, there is little if any space to launch bombs at Israel who always invents bogus, BS excuses for their bloody terrorism!!!