Members Of Medical Team To Undertake Inquiry On Arafat’s Death Meet The Press In Ramallah, West Bank

Abdullah al-Bashir (2nd L), a Jordanian doctor and leader of a medical team newly formed to undertake an inquiry on Arafat’s death, addresses a press conference in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on Nov. 27, 2012. Abdullah al-Bashir said Palestinian scientists collected around 20 samples for the international teams. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani>

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Palestinian authorities on Tuesday opened Yasser Arafat’s grave and foreign experts took samples from his remains as part of a long-shot attempt, eight years after the iconic leader’s mysterious death, to determine whether he was poisoned, as relatives and some political successors have claimed. <AP Photo/Adel Hana>