Bad Health Runs in the Family
November 02, 2004 | Aussie Dave | Comments 0
Terrorfat may not have cancer…but his brother does.
Fathi Arafat, one of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s brothers, is being treated in a Cairo hospital for terminal cancer, Palestinian sources told AFP.“Fathi Arafat, who is terminally ill with cancer, was brought two days ago to the Egyptian (military) hospital of Wadi al-Nil, following contacts with the Palestinian Authority,” one source said on condition of anonymity.The 67-year-old, whose cancer was diagnosed several years ago, is a trained doctor and was one of the founders of the Palestinian Red Crescent in 1968.
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