Arab doctors will meet in Jordan to probe rumours that former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat was poisoned, nearly five years after he died of what French medics called a massive brain haemorrhage.

Nearly five years after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat died by what French doctors called a massive brain haemorrhage, Arab doctors will meet in Jordan to probe rumours Arafat was poisoned – a suspicion that has lingered years after his death.

THE article by Palestinian Delegate-General Dr Hikmat Ajjuri (Irish Examiner, November 12) regarding the origin of Israel and the current state of Israeli-Palestinian relations was not only bitterly partisan and inflammatory, it was riddled with untruths and historical inaccuracies.

YUSSEF DORKHOM of the Palestinian General Delegation to Ireland makes a number of assertions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which are incorrect (Letters, February 8).

NADAV COHEN (Letters, February 1), in his riposte to your editorial (‘Aggression will not end this insanity’, January 22), states dismissively that only “some lessons can be learned from the success of the Northern peace process”.

YOUR editorial (‘Aggression will not end this insanity’, January 22) ignores the fundamental issues that led to the current situation in Gaza.

IRELAND is among a number of countries that should publicly state what actions they are taking to ensure Israel complies with international law, a charity has said.