Suha said that although her relatives, a well-established Ramallah family, were opposed to the union, the pair married in secret on her birthday four years later. Her mother was furious at the development and flew to Tunis where she angrily berated Arafat for entering into a marriage with her daughter, which she deemed inappropriate. As soon as she became Mrs. Arafat she was locked away behind walls for security reasons, Suha said.
As the wife of man who spent so much time in the international media spotlight, Suha said she felt like the weakest link in the chain. Suha lives on a stipend she gets from the Palestinian Authority, which she said is barely sufficient to support her and her daughter, and is a far distance from reports on millions of dollars that went to her through secret bank accounts. On Nov. Until now, doctors have been unable to determine the exact cause of his death.
The Palestinian Authority has repeatedly insisted that Israel is behind the killing of Arafat while Tel Aviv has denied involvement. In the interview, she was also quoted as saying that the Palestinian intifada was "Arafat's big mistake". I will not be afraid to give my opinion even if it is distorted, the truth will always brighten. I oppose normalization with them Suha has also been outspoken in her criticism of many of the Palestinian advisers to her husband and some of the major ventures of the Palestinian Authority.
But, oh, we have gambling. After negotiations, she agreed to allow Ahmed Korei Abu Alaa , accompanied by the head of Arafat's personal guard, to enter his room. Her constant advisor during this time was Pierre Rizk, the Maronite Lebanese head of the intelligence service of the Phalange during the Lebanese civil war , who had power of attorney in financial negotiations between Suha and the Palestinians. According to news reports, after Arafat's death, Suha met with leaders of the Palestinian Authority and insisted that she needed the financial security to continue to live in the lifestyle she'd become accustomed to.
Speaking to the Turkish newspaper Sabah in February , Suha stated that her marriage to Yasser Arafat was a mistake and that she had attempted to leave him hundreds of times. According to Yasser's servants he would not allow her to leave. After Yasser's death Suha could never return to a normal life, and she currently lives with her daughter on the island of Malta recieving monthly payments from the Palestinian Authority. I tried to leave him hundreds of times, but he wouldn't let me.
Everyone knows how he wouldn't permit me to leave. Especially those in his servitude, they know very well what it was like. Yes, I am regretful. Even when he was with me, I was forced to defend myself. I was slaughtered by gossip against me. What they would say didn't even seem to be about me, it was as if they were talking about someone else.
It actually all began due to the uprising against Israel. Yaser was fighting against the strongest lobby, media and nation, in other words Israel. I was the weakest link. We are proud to bear the Arafat name however we are also pained by it daily. The wife of the Palestinian Authority President, who died in Paris in November of , says she isn't considering remarrying although it may be the easy way to go. She says she is now focused only on her daughter's education.
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