Mi nombre es Zeinab, tengo 14 años y vengo de un lugar del que hoy por hoy muchos estaréis cansados de oír hablar: la franja de Gaza. Mis abuelos, sin embargo, no nacieron aquí, sino en una ciudad, Beersheba, en el centro de lo que hoy el mundo entero se empeña en denominar Israel, pero …
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Arafat’s mystery might be solved soon
Last year, I wrote about how French prosecutors had ordered the reopening of the case on Yasser Arafat's 2004 death. Today, and according to Al-Jazeera (the channel whose investigations triggered the Palestinian leader's exhumation), scientists at the University Centre of Legal Medicine in Lausanne have found at least 18 times the normal levels of radioactive polonium in his …
Could light be cast on Arafat’s mysterious death?
I am aware this article may spur some heated mixed reactions, but sometimes this is what a blog is for. I dedicate it to my good friend Maher, who (from the very beginning!) has shown me the true meaning of feeling Palestinian.This week French prosecutors opened a murder enquiry into Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death, apparently after Arafat’s …
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