Former official denies Israel poisoned Arafat

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Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon, who was the army’s chief of staff when Arafat died, also denied involvement Wednesday in an Army Radio interview.

"It sounds to me like Arabian tales from One Thousand and One Nights," Yaalon said.

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