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Suha Arafat: Corruption charges part of Israeli smear campaign

Yasser Arafat's widow, Suha Arafat, has denied Tunisia's accusations of corruption, saying that the charges are part of an Israeli smear campaign aiming to defame the Palestinians and her late husband.

 

"The campaign was launched while the Palestinian Authority was getting ready to apply for UN and UNESCO membership, primarily by the Israeli media, which wanted to slander Palestine and Yasser Arafat," she told the Palestinian Maan News Agency. Arafat added that Leila Ben Ali, the ousted Tunisian leader's wife, was the one who ordered her to be stripped of her citizenship in 2007. (Elior Levy)

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.02.11, 17:34