Arab doctors to probe Arafat's death

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.

Arafat’s death on November 11, 2004, at a military hospital outside of Paris almost immediately spawned speculation he had been killed by Israel who viewed him as an obstacle to concluding a peace treaty.