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\"\"<\/a>Amnesty denounces S-G’s tweet that alluded Israel assassinated Arafat<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

ZACHARY KEYSER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Callamard began her duties as secretary-general just last month.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Amnesty international billboard \/ <\/em><\/span>(photo credit: REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Amnesty International sought to distance itself from its new secretary-general Agnes Callamard, after a tweet from 2013 resurfaced in which she asserted that Israel was responsible for the death of Palestinian political leader Yasser Arafat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Callamard’s tweet at the time cited an 2013 New York Times article that quoted then-president and former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres saying that he opposed the assassination of Arafat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Callamard attempted to connect dots, ascertaining that Peres’ had knowledge of Arafat’s death with the way he was quoted, saying that this is “where he admits” that the PLO leader was murdered. She then hashtagged Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The tweet was written in haste and is incorrect,” Amnesty International said in a statement, according to lawyer and human rights activist Hillel Neuer, who echoed its stance on Twitter. “It does not reflect the position of Amnesty or Agn\u00e8s Callamard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n