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Controversy surrounding death

There "was" very clear controversy around his death, and this continues in the minds of his supporters, which should be noted in the introductory paragraph, as most readers do not read the whole article and will gain from just having another few words added to the sentence on his death - as there is no shortage of authoritative sources on the fact that there was controversy, and that sheds light on current events: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26707208/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26856052/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24838061 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/yasser-arafat-poisoned-polonium-tests-scientists https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-arafat-idUSBRE9A50S520131106 https://abcnews.go.com/International/yasser-arafat-poisoned-forensics-report/story?id=20806963 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53482635 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/arafat-exhumed-in-poisoning-probe/5672.article Dagelf (talk) 21:49, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I’m late to this but also it claims that the wife of Arafat refused the autopsy based on religious beliefs, however in the interview with her on “Killing Arafat” on Al Jazeera she claims that she was never approached or asked about an autopsy by anyone nor did she ever refuse one to anyone. The citation wikipedia used is for a New York Times article from November 2005 a little less than a year after his death. The Al Jazeera documentary “Killing Arafat” was released November 2013. 2600:1002:B1E8:3A51:FCDB:E614:AA50:F521 (talk) 14:38, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A recent edit introduced an error in the references list ("Definition of Arafat". dictionary.com. Random House. Retrieved 12 February 2023. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).)

I think removing the first <ref name=":0"> (used in a footnote and not currently called elsewhere in the article) and changing the second <ref name=":0"> to <ref name="Starr2021"> and its two callbacks from <ref name=":0" /> to <ref name="Starr2021" /> (all three in subsection Fatah involvement in Lebanese Civil War, second to last paragraph) would fix the error and avoid future refname conflicts but without a preview it's hard to tell. Yvan Part (talk) 20:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:34, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Israel acknowledges killing Yasser Arafat's deputy Khalil al-Wazir in 1988 raid

.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/01/israel-acknowledges-killing-palestinian-deputy

95.180.193.118 (talk) 07:42, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Hi you! This was already in our article, using the name Abu Jihad. But I added your source. Lova Falk (talk) 10:19, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,

An article by Yasir Arafat's nephew contradicts the birth place of Yasir Arafat.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/17/yasser-and-fathi-arafat-remembered-20-years-after-their-deaths

There is also an acknowledgement from Noble Prize profile.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1994/arafat/biographical/ 2A02:6B67:EA35:9E00:F060:7ABD:3FF9:531C (talk) 14:54, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 2A02:6B67:EA35:9E00:F060:7ABD:3FF9:531C! The page already says "4 or 24 August" - there are also sources saying he was born on the 4th of August: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201112-reason-of-arafats-death-remains-unknown-16-years-later/ https://egyptindependent.com/day-history-yasser-arafat-died/

So the text in the article is correct.

Not done Lova Falk (talk) 15:34, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cause of death controversy in lead

Per the article's content on the cause of death investigations, the lead should not read:

"While the cause of Arafat's death has remained the subject of speculation, investigations by Russian and French teams determined no foul play was involved."

as this ignores the third investigation by the Swiss team which concluded the opposite. The conclusion of that investigation is definitively not "speculation". I suggest the following:

"The cause of Arafat's death remains the subject of speculation. Investigations by Russian and French scientific teams determined no foul play was involved, while a Swiss team concluded he was radiologically poisoned." Doeze (talk) 15:59, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done not by me though. Lova Falk (talk) 10:14, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add Awards section, Nobel Peace Prize 1994

An Awards section should be added in the biographic table, to indicate the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize received jointly with Peres (whose page indeed contains this section in the biographic table) and Rabin. 82.0.79.104 (talk) 11:59, 27 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]