(VOVworld) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated the importance of resuming the investigation of the new indicators that have emerged in the death of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. In a joint press conference with his French counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris Friday night, President Abbas said the two sides discussed reported developments in Arafat's death, and underlined that the Palestinian Authority wants to see if there are any new elements regarding the circumstances of Arafat's death.

The legendary leader of Palestine: Yasser Arafat. Photo: internet

Earlier in the week, the Palestinian Authority agreed to the exhumation of Yasser Arafat's body after new allegations that he was poisoned with the radioactive element polonium-210 in 2004. The findings stirred up old Palestinian suspicions that Israel was behind the death of the 75-year-old it had shunned after peace talks collapsed into bloodshed in 2000. Israel has denied involvement in Arafat's death.