There are rumors that Augustus' wife, Livia, poisoned him while he was sleeping.
 According to Abu Sharif, this incident would have allowed Israel to replace Arafat's medications with poison
==== Poisoning with polonium ====According to Israel Radio, a former Palestinian intelligence officer, attorney Fahmi Shabana, said that Yasser Arafat's political rivals were responsible for his death, and that he was poisoned with polonium

