Palestinian leadership tensions flare amid Arafat death anniversary


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  • Sunday, 13 Nov 2016

A visitor looks at belongings of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his bedroom at the newly opened Arafat museum in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 9, 2016. Picture taken November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokma

GAZA (Reuters) - Days after the 12th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leaders descended into new recriminations over who may have been involved in the demise of the former president.

Coming two weeks before a meeting that is expected to overhaul the leadership of Fatah, the party of Arafat and President Mahmoud Abbas, the accusations underscore a growing animosity that threatens the movement's stability.

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