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"The State of Israel decided to get rid of Yasser Arafat on this date…"

PA Security Forces Spokesman Adnan Al-Damiri: "Regarding the mystery of President Yasser Arafat’s death as a Martyr, this is a belief – and I’m one of those who are convinced that he was murdered by poisoning." Wattan TV interviewer: "There is no proof." PA Security Forces Spokesman Adnan...

PA Security Forces Spokesman Adnan Al-Damiri: "Regarding the mystery of President Yasser Arafat’s death as a Martyr, this is a belief – and I’m one of those who are convinced that he was murdered by poisoning." Wattan TV interviewer: "There is no proof." PA Security Forces Spokesman Adnan...

Official PA TV program The Philosophy of Patience, on former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat’s death Official PA TV narrator: "A series of operations (i.e., terror attacks) were carried out, and Israel dealt with them through intensive pursuit and nearly caught Yasser Arafat in Nablus. When they..."

Official PA TV, on the 13th anniversary of the death of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat TV host: "What do you want to tell us?" Boy: "About Yasser Arafat..." Palestinian boy Adnan: "When he – they lifted the siege – when they came before he died – the Jews put poison in his food, and then..."

Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, special program for the 13th anniversary of the death of former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat Official PA TV host: “Of course we will not forget that all these years an open issue has remained regarding the murder of late Martyr [Yasser Arafat]...”

Al-Arabiya TV host : “Did [Yasser Arafat] die due to the consequences of the [Israeli] siege, or was he killed by poison during the siege?” PA Chairman Abbas’ advisor Nabil Shaath: “No, the Israelis killed him with poison. I have no doubt of that, not even a millionth of a doubt!” TV host: “Why are...”

Visual: PA Minister of Education Sabri Saidam was a guest on the show. Palestinian girl: “On the occasion of Arafat's death, I wrote a poem and I would like to read it: Where are you, Arafat? The treacherous occupier killed you In order to destroy and take over this land They poisoned you and...”

Official PA TV program State of Politics, hosting Fatah Advisory Council member Ahmed Abd Al-Rahman Fatah Advisory Council member, Ahmed Abd Al-Rahman: "Regarding the fate of Yasser Arafat, it was after they [the Israelis] were unable to control him politically, in other words to cause him to make..."

Official PA TV host: "We want to know who killed our late leader [Yasser Arafat]. Certainly it is the occupation, but we need proof in order to present the facts to the world.... [In 2002], the Israeli occupation entered every area of the West Bank and tried to kill many. It killed many of our..."

Video called The 12th Anniversary of the Death as a Martyr of the Leader, the Symbol, broadcast on official PA TV on Nov. 8-9, 2016. Song: "O bullets, let us hear the sound of joy, Fatah of the revolution will not die, and the Fatah member will repeat loudly with us: ’'Long live Fatah!'’’ Narrator:..."

Official PA TV host: “What do you know about Yasser Arafat? You were not born yet when he died as a Martyr (Shahid). Did your father tell you a lot about him? Girl: “Yes.” Official PA TV host: “Very nice. What did he tell you about him? Girl: “Yasser Arafat wanted to fight in order to free...”

PA TV host: "I want to tell you, my children friends, that Yasser Arafat was a close friend of all children..." Girl 1: "He was our former President. He was under siege in Ramallah, and when he was under siege we were very upset. The Jews poisoned him and I hate them very much. Allah will repay..."

PA TV News broadcast a report about a photo exhibit of Arafat in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of Arafat’s death. A boy at the exhibit: “We love Arafat very much. He is precious to us. He died of poisoning. Israel poisoned him because of his cause - he is Palestinian. They are occupiers. They...”

Deputy-Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee, Jibril Rajoub: "It's obvious that Israel wasn't alone [in killing Arafat]; the US was there. That fool known as [George] Bush took away Yasser Arafat's protection and gave [Israeli PM] Sharon the green light to liquidate Yasser Arafat."

PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash: “Yasser Arafat died a Martyr – we don’t have the slightest doubt that they (i.e., the Jews/Israelis) killed him. One way or another, they killed him. Even Allah’s Messenger [Muhammad] - they (i.e., the Jews) killed him with poison. When he was...”

Ceremony host: "Blessings to Yasser Arafat, and here are messages from the children of Palestine." Boy: "I was very, very sad when Arafat died as a Shahid (Martyr), because he was a good man and he was a fighter. He did things through struggle, he participated in the struggle and did not make peace..."

Boy 1: "Father, father the Elder [Arafat]. Why did it happen this way? Why did it happen this way? Death chose you, and you did not complete the path." Boy 2: "Do not ask why it happened this way. Yesterday they crucified Jesus; today they poisoned the father, the Elder [Arafat]."

Boy 4: "He [Arafat] died from poisoning by the Jews. Well, I don't know what ‎he died from, but I know it was by the Jews."‎

Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Member of the Fatah Central Committee, speaking at an official Fatah-PLO ceremony for the anniversary of Arafat's death held in Beirut in Lebanon and broadcast live on PA TV, said the following: "They [Israelis] killed the Shahid (Martyr) Yasser Arafat by poisoning, under the..."

Muhammad Dahlan, MP and senior Fatah leader: "I think that we're at the end of a process of abuse of the [Fatah] movement. Israel started it with the ruining of the Fatah movement and the ruining of the Palestinian Authority and its institutions, and the killing of Chairman Yasser Arafat."

Ahmad Jibril, Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: "When [Palestinian Chairman] Mahmoud Abbas came to Damascus, I asked: "What was found in the [medical] inquiry of the death of brother Arafat?" One [of the group] said: "Frankly, the French gave us the medical...

Ibrahim Mudayris, PA religious official, Ministry of Religious Affairs: “We are absolutely sure that the Zionist government is responsible for the attempt to kill the president [Arafat]. We have no doubt that it somehow poisoned him to kill him slowly. These are the cursed apes and pigs [Jews]. It...”