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This shows that the occupation (Israel) can be responsible for this crime,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian officials have long accused Israel of poisoning Arafat, a claim Israel has repeatedly denied. \u003cbr/\u003eArafat died under mysterious circumstances at a French military hospital in 2004, a month after falling ill at his Israeli-besieged West Bank compound.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the Palestinian territories on Thursday, officials and residents reacted to the news.\u003cbr/\u003eThe claim was front page news on the streets of Ramallah, where Arafat is still considered a hero, almost a decade after his death. \u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian officials there said on Thursday that all options are on the table as they weigh the new allegations. \u003cbr/\u003e\"When the Palestinian leadership convenes and when we study all the reports and evidence, all options will be on the table and all possibilities will be studied carefully and we will see how Arafat's blood will not go in vain,\" said Fatah central committee member Abbas Zaki.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother official called for the formation of an international judicial committee to investigate Arafat's death.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Gaza, Hamas said the blame for Arafat's death lies with Israel.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We blame the Israeli government for assassinating the Palestinian president Yasser Arafat with poison,\" said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum. \u003cbr/\u003e\"That confirms that what happened with Arafat and others is organised terror conducted by a state that targets Palestinian leaders,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eSome people on the streets of Gaza City called on the Palestinian Authority to respond by pulling out of peace talks with Israel. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I ask Abu Mazen (Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas), instead of negotiating with Israel, to stop and look for who killed Yasser Arafat. I don't get why he is still negotiating, he instead should search for who killed Arafat,\" said Gaza resident Abu Hamza.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Stop the negotiations,\" said another resident Yasser al-Motawa.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The law should take its course. Whoever is suspected in the killing of Yasser Arafat should be tried internationally, because he is a great leader that we Palestinians respect,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eLast year, Switzerland's Institute of Radiation Physics discovered traces of polonium-210, a deadly radioactive isotope, on some of Arafat's belongings. \u003cbr/\u003eSoil and bone samples were subsequently taken from Arafat's exhumed grave in the West Bank.\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Ramallah, West Bank - 28 October 2004\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with his doctors\u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem - 7 November 2013\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Israeli parliament building\u003cbr/\u003e3. Set up of former Israeli government spokesman Raanan Gissin\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Raanan Gissin, former Israeli government spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When I was advisor to (former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon in 2004, it was clear that Arafat is reaching the end of his day, and Sharon made a clear order to all his advisors to everyone in the government at the time, and to me included, that Israel will not be involved in any way whatsoever in the death that would come, the coming death of Arafat.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Ramallah, West Bank - 27 November 2012\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of covered mausoleum from where the remains of Arafat were exhumed\u003cbr/\u003eGaza City, Gaza - 7 November 2013\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of street, billboard showing Arafat's face\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of billboard\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of people on street\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Hamza, Gaza resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I ask Abu Mazen (Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas), instead of negotiating with Israel, to stop and look for who killed Yasser Arafat. I don't get why he is still negotiating, he instead should search for who killed Arafat.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of women walking down street\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yasser al-Motawal, Gaza resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We ask president Abu Mazen (Abbas) to stop the negotiations. The law should take its course. Whoever is suspected in the killing of Yasser Arafat should be tried internationally, because he is a great leader that we Palestinians respect.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of street\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in his office\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We blame the Israeli government for assassinating Palestinian president Yasser Arafat with poison. That confirms that what happened with Arafat and others is organised terror conducted by a state that targets Palestinian leaders.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of Barhoum in office\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of street\u003cbr/\u003eRamallah, West Bank - 7 November 2013\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of building zoom in to large poster of Arafat\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of street\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Wasel Abu Yousef entering office\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Wasel Abu Yousif, Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is known that polonium is owned only by few countries. This shows that the occupation (Israel) can be responsible for this crime. There should be a request from world organisations to form a judicial international investigating committee. Especially with all the Israeli statements at the time that spoke about removing president Arafat, and maybe the talk that was between George Bush and the former Israeli prime minister (Ariel) Sharon at the time confirms this. So we are seeking to form a judicial international committee that can investigate like the committee that was formed to investigate the assassination of Rafiq al-Harriri (former prime minister of Lebanon).\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of newspapers reporting Arafat 'poisoning' claim\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of Fatah central committee member Abbas Zaki in his office\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abbas Zaki, Fatah central committee member:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When the Palestinian leadership convenes and when we study all the reports and evidence, all options will be on the table and all possibilities will be studied carefully and we will see how Arafat's blood will not be in vain.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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