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IF ARAFAT were alive…" one hears this phrase increasingly often in conversations
with Palestinians, and also with Israelis and foreigners.


"If Arafat were alive, what's happening now in Gaza wouldn't be
happening…" - "If Arafat were alive, we would have somebody to talk
with…" - "If Arafat were alive, Islamic fundamentalism would not have
won among the Palestinians and would have lost some force in the neighboring
countries!"

In the meantime, the unanswered questions come up again: How did Yasser Arafat
die? Was he murdered? If so, who murdered him?