A full body blood transfusion put Arafat in a state of shock and into a
coma, one from which he never recovered

Arafat Suffered from Leukemia, Medical Treatment Exasperated His Condition
The true story of Arafat’s death – the IDF’s Intelligence Directorate
opposed letting him depart for treatment in Paris; PM Sharon feared his
death in Ramallah would make him a modern version of Jesus; the French
doctors performed a full body blood transfusion, after which he entered into
a coma and died

Amir Rapaport 5/7/2012
http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=1455

This is what transpired in October 2004. IDF intelligence received news
regarding severe deterioration in the physical health of the head of the
Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat. The initial assessments discussed that
it was due to flu complications exasperated by poor sanitation conditions in
the section of the Mukataa governmental building in Ramallah where Arafat
was besieged, surrounded by IDF forces.

While the Second Intifada had begun to fade in those days, Yasser Arafat
remained a form of serious trouble. The IDF allowed for the constant supply
of food to Arafat, a few people with him, and the order was that he was not
to be released from the siege.

At that time, Israeli lawyer Dov Weissglass, then the head of Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's bureau, received a phone call from the Spanish diplomat
Javier Solana, then in charge of foreign and defense matters for the
European Union. Solana, who was in touch with senior Palestinian Authority
officials, asked that Yasser Arafat be approved for urgent medical treatment
(he was examined in Ramallah by doctors from Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia),
and a follow-up request arrived very quickly: release Arafat from the siege
and allow him to receive medical treatment in Europe.

Major General Aharon Ze’evi Farkash, then the head of the IDF’s Directorate
of Military Intelligence, emphatically opposed this. The IDF’s assessment
was that Arafat’s life was not facing a genuine danger and that the real
purpose was to extract him from the siege, allow him to renew his political
efforts, and carry out activities to bring the dying Intifada back to life.

Prime Minister Sharon debated whether or not to answer Solana’s request when
a conversation took place that tilted the balance – a senior Palestinian
Authority official spoke with Weissglass and told him that "Arafat only had
a few weeks left to live. If he dies in the Mukataa, you will be perceived
as responsible for his death, and that death will haunt you as the way the
Christians have been blaming you for killing Jesus for 2,000 years.”

The Prime Minister’s bureau also consulted with a senior doctor at the Shiba
Hopital in Israel, who also assessed that Arafat was suffering from flu
complications. Sharon decided to allow Arafat’s leave in order to undergo
treatments at a hospital in France. Major General Yoav Galant, the military
secretary, was angry over the decision, but conveyed the message to the IDF:
the Prime Minister gave the order – let him out.

So what happened in France? Here’s another exposé. Arafat arrived on October
29 in serious condition. According to the information that reached few
Israeli officials, and is revealed here for the first time, he suffered from
complications stemming from leukemia. It’s possible that the publications
that said he was suffering from AIDS were correct and it's possible they
weren't – this writer has no conclusive information on that issue. What was
known among those at the top of Israel’s defense echelon was that Arafat’s
condition had begun to improve at the French hospital. Then, according to
Israeli sources, the French doctors performed a dramatic measure – a full
body blood transfusion. The process put Arafat in a state of shock and into
a coma, one from which he never recovered. He died on November 11, 2004, and
was transferred for burial to Ramallah.

What of the investigation being published by the Al Jazeera news network
this week, which claims that Arafat was poisoned by Israel? It’s a
collection of details, some of which might be true, but together create a
completely groundless picture. The details being revealed here for the first
time are based on sources that had first-hand knowledge of the full
situational picture, and which do not hold any official public position
today.

Why has Israel not bothered to officially refute the rumors of Yasser Arafat’s
poisoning all these years? Because it had no interest in sustaining rumors
as though the Mossad’s long reach made its way into Arafat’s circulatory
system as well. Why have the French kept silent about it? Allegedly because
of patient confidentiality of the deceased, but also because the true story
reveals the fact that the direct cause of Arafat’s death was the medical
treatment he was given. Lastly, why have the heads of the Palestinian
Authority and the widow, Suha Arafat, kept quiet until this week’s
investigation? Because they knew the truth all along, and they know it just
as well today.