PNA receives Arafat's medical report

Nasser al-Qidwa, Palestinian representative at the United Nations and nephew of late leader Yasser Arafat, handed Arafat's death report to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on December 11.

Health Minister Jawad al Tibi, who chairs a committee following up Arafat's death, received the medical report in the headquarters of the PNA cabinet in the west Bank city of Ramallah.

Al Qedwa received the 558-page medical report in France two weeks ago from the French army hospital of Percy, where the file concerning the ailment conditions that leaded to the death of Arafat.

The content of the report has not been released yet.

Al Qedwa told reporters that "I think that President Arafat died poisoned, but there's no medical or political proof, so we didn't reach the reality."

He urged that the PNA must inform the Palestinian people by the reality, adding "who says that Arafat died of poison is mistaken, and who says that he wasn't poisoned is mistaken too."

"The case did not end and we will reach to the reality in the future," he said, revealing that there is a medical committee still examining the report exactly to reach to the details.

Arafat, 75, died of an unrevealed cause in a French military hospital outside Paris on Nov. 11. The PNA has asked the hospital to present a detailed report on his death.

Qidwa is officially recognized as Arafat's next of kin, alongside with his widow Suha and his nine-year-old daughter.

Source: Xinhua