Bloodless anti-Arafat coup

Assam Makhul, an Arab member of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, recently announced that Arafat had probably been poisoned by agents of the Israeli intelligence agency.

Some political analysts believe that certain Palestinian leaders, including Qurie, Abbas, former national security minister Mohammad Dahlan, and Jebril Rajoub, the former head of security in the West Bank, have launched a bloodless coup against Arafat with the cooperation of the Mossad, so they can seize power during his absence.