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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-24838061https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/yasser-arafat-poisoned-polonium-tests-scientistshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-arafat-idUSBRE9A50S520131106https://abcnews.go.com/International/yasser-arafat-poisoned-forensics-report/story?id=20806963https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53482635https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/arafat-exhumed-in-poisoning-probe/5672.articleDagelf (talk)21:49, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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]
{{cannot be so, there was no Palestine in 1929 or previously.
Was Ottoman Empire when the parents were born, assuming born outside Egypt. Either Ottoman Turks or Arabs from elsewhere, but not Palestine which as yet is not a State. So called British Mandate of 'Palestine' (an anglicised Latin name) only existed from 1920.
Thus the post in Wikipaedia is wrong, geographically, historically and politically.
It should be changed to reflect the contemporaneous reality.— Precedingunsigned comment added byPeteslez (talk •contribs)14:35, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Palestinian is the word used overwhelmingly by sources. Also it's nothing to do with states.Zerotalk09:09, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]He was NOT a Palestinian. He was born in Cairo.2001:14BA:A01E:1C00:5EBB:8FC7:6EA4:6A23 (talk)11:46, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
BothPalestinians andIsraelis have things to criticize him for. Whether it's one side that sees him as an incompetent leader or the other that calls him a terrorist, I think it's safe to say some of his actions and statements attracted enough criticism to deserve their own section.Super Idol the xuan ron (talk)16:09, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
