| 单词 | Arafat |
| 例句 | Standing on Mount Arafat had concluded the essential rites of being a pilgrim to Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I preached it on the mountain at Arafat, I preached it in the busy lobby of the Jedda Palace Hotel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z About twenty of us Muslims who had finished the Hajj were sitting in a huge tent on Mount Arafat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Arafat works the central tension of whether she will or won't overcome her internal obstacles deftly, avoiding casting her in pity or irreconcilable despair. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Symons said this was due to the film's focus on those close to Arafat with personal stories and a willingness to talk. Documentary looks at life of Palestinian leader Arafat 2011-12-12T12:11:49Z As such, classical Arabic will be spoken on the show — a move to balance the prevalence of English-language programming, Ms. Arafat said. Arabic 'Sesame Street' Returns for First Time Since Gulf War 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z And he reports that in the mid-1990s, when Arafat ran the newly created Palestinian Authority, a ton of cement in Gaza cost $74. No Light at the End of This Tunnel 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Ames made close connections with important Arab intelligence figures and established an improbable early back channel to Yasir Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization. Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ Portrays Robert Ames 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But the most famous power players in this drama, Rabin and Arafat, never appear, at least not in the flesh. Review: A Byzantine Path to Middle East Peace in ‘Oslo’ 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z “Mary,” he said—neither Gaddafi nor Arafat ever learned to pronounce her name—“What are you doing here?” A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Colvin liked Arafat but sparred with him over his failure to suppress Palestinian violence; she was commissioned to write an Arafat biography, but could never find the discipline to finish it. She Reported From the World’s Combat Zones, at the Cost of Her Life 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Kidwa found a quiet, dejected figure when he visited Arafat in his office several days later. Documentary looks at life of Palestinian leader Arafat 2011-12-12T12:11:49Z Le Carré shows himself to be a master of impersonation, giving marvelous versions of Margaret Thatcher, Yasser Arafat, Foreign Office pooh-bahs, miscellaneous Russians and other exotics. Best audiobooks of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z She even has the odd distinction of having Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat hang up on her in the middle of a live interview. Christiane Amanpour on journalism in the age of Trump: “It’s an unprecedented assault on the... 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Four months later Mr Barak persuaded Mr Clinton to try again, cajoling a wary Yasser Arafat to negotiate a final settlement at Camp David. Blood brothers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The scars from her encounter with a Palestinian stone-thrower were still evident, but Arafat launched into an entirely fictitious version of the story in which the culprit was not a Palestinian but an Israeli settler. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Arafat limits the story’s scope to the narrator’s experiences, and the novel is the poorer for it, as the prose is liveliest and most affecting when describing Laila and her relationship to the narrator. Review | In Zaina Arafat’s ‘You Exist Too Much,’ a child of the Palestinian diaspora tries to heal the psychic wounds passed down by her mother 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z They were in awe, albeit tempered by a distrust of Arafat. Seeing ‘Oslo,’ Remembering Hope 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Downstairs is Arafat’s old office and bedroom: a basic wooden bed and blanket, uniform jackets hanging in the wardrobe below piles of keffiyeh headscarves. Little town of Bethlehem – a travel photo essay 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat fares worse, not least over corruption. Decision Points by George W Bush ? review 2010-11-19T10:09:00Z Salameh was the PLO intelligence chief and was close to PLO chief Yasser Arafat, a figure then almost as infamous as Osama bin Laden would later become. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And yet, tinged with the romance of severance, last night's show distilled the best of Jonathan Ross: giving Beckham his Yasser Arafat hug. Jonathan Ross bids farewell to the BBC 2010-07-17T00:01:00Z Bergman describes Sharon as a “pyromaniac,” and his obsession with killing Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as verging on monomaniacal. ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Arafat's heroine is no exception, but the author writes her with great tenderness and just enough self-aware dark humor to allow readers to become invested in this young woman's efforts to make herself whole. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z He even convinced Yasser Arafat to fly to India and endorse his establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel. Raise him up 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat is the first official visitor to Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran during the Islamic revolution. Radio review: World Stories ? Revolutions In Iran 2010-09-23T08:00:00Z In one, the General meets, informally and in secret, with Yasser Arafat. In 'Dinner at the Center of the Earth,' Nathan Englander deepens and expands what he does so well 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Not explicitly, Ms. Arafat said, but by demonstrating self-respect and control. Arabic 'Sesame Street' Returns for First Time Since Gulf War 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Now that the show is back, Ms. Arafat said, the gateway is open for more educational programming. Arabic 'Sesame Street' Returns for First Time Since Gulf War 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat used to call it "Jeningrad." Back to the movies in former West Bank outlaw city 2010-08-06T17:55:00Z Colvin became so well acquainted with Arafat, the legendary Palestinian leader, that she sometimes travelled with him on his airplane, and soon resolved to write his biography. A Book That Captures the Singular Life of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z At the Plain of Arafat, approximately 13 miles outside Mecca, the firm suggested reclaiming a dry riverbed to create a path that runs parallel to the main thoroughfare disperse movement over multiple routes. Gensler Offers a Plan to Improve the Flow of People Through Mecca 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “Do you want to leave and kill it all?” demanded Mr Clinton, when Mr Barak refused to meet Arafat. Blood brothers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Talks and bloodshed followed: the Oslo accords, with Yasser Arafat and Camp David and President Bill Clinton and more than 20 years of dashed hopes and rockets and bulldozers and recrimination and despair. 'Children of the Stone' a moving look at music's power in Palestine 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Arafat writes: “To be a woman who desired other women seemed even worse, especially shameful and shocking in its lack of reverence for the male-centric culture.” Review | In Zaina Arafat’s ‘You Exist Too Much,’ a child of the Palestinian diaspora tries to heal the psychic wounds passed down by her mother 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Subsequently, video circulating on social media showed Israeli bulldozers destroyed a monument to the founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat in Tulkarm. Israeli forces kill eight Palestinians in West Bank - medics 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Arafat was one of the first leaders Mandela met after being released from prison on 11 February 1990. South African divisions exposed by Israel-Hamas conflict 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "He used to sell toys and school supplies in a small booth near our house," Arafat said. A doctor, tailor, and bride-to-be: Stories of those killed in Gaza 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Hamas, dedicated to Israel's destruction and the restoration of Islamic rule, became a rival to Yasser Arafat's secular Fatah party. Israel-Gaza war: a timeline of the conflict's history 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Hamas was created in Gaza in 1987 and is thought to have begun digging tunnels in the mid-1990s, when Israel granted Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization some degree of self-rule in Gaza. Hamas' tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden front line for Israel 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z He was educated at Imperial College, London, is an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas and is a senior member of Fatah, the faction once led by Yasser Arafat that dominates the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Israelis and Palestinians fear worst to come after Gaza violence 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Although Mandela never set any conditions for the meeting, Arafat had already moved to accept Israel's right to exist and a few years later he signed the Oslo Accords. South African divisions exposed by Israel-Hamas conflict 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Arafat and his wife had undergone IVF therapy for eight years to have Mazen, who was at high school and wanted to become a dentist. A doctor, tailor, and bride-to-be: Stories of those killed in Gaza 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The Palestinian Authority, based on Yasser Arafat's Fatah party, which governs the parts of the West Bank that have not been colonised by Israel, was effectively chased out of Gaza by Hamas in 2007. Saudi prince slams Hamas, Israel and the West 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z A year later Hamas launched a military strike against Arafat's forces in Gaza using tunnel-mounted attacks. Hamas' tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden front line for Israel 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z I asked a Palestinian decades ago, "why do you support Arafat?" The 9/11 comparison is wrong — and Biden should know better 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z From early on, Hamas was seen as a challenger to the Palestine Liberation Organization and its successor, the Palestinian Authority, as well as Fatah — the political party of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. What you need to know about Hamas 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z His only remaining child now is three-year-old Faraj, who, according to Arafat, keeps crying and asking where his siblings are. A doctor, tailor, and bride-to-be: Stories of those killed in Gaza 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Hamas, dedicated to Israel's destruction and restoration of Islamic rule in what it saw as occupied Palestine, became a rival to Yasser Arafat's secular Fatah party that led the Palestine Liberation Organization. A brief history of Gaza's 75 years of woe 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 and thousands of Palestinian fighters under Yasser Arafat were evacuated by sea after a 10-week siege. What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about? The origin of wars explained 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He said Arafat is a stone that I throw at the Israelis every day. The 9/11 comparison is wrong — and Biden should know better 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The accords' signing brought in a brief period of optimism, symbolised by the image of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, watched over by U.S. Thirty years after Oslo, bleak outlook for Israel Palestinian peace 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z With Yasser Arafat as president, the newly created PA began to take over basic services such as health, education and policing in Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Arafat returned to Gaza after decades in exile. A brief history of Gaza's 75 years of woe 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Survivor Omar Arafat used his T-shirt to wipe away tears as he recounted losing his 21-year-old sister in the fire that he managed to escape. Johannesburg fire: Scores killed as fire guts rundown apartment block 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z So, 20 years later, I'm sitting on the White House lawn, watching Arafat, Rabin, and Clinton sign the Oslo Accords, convinced in what became a galactic misjudgment, that the Israeli-Palestinian issue would now become irreversible. The 9/11 comparison is wrong — and Biden should know better 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z A second explosion occurred at the LPG station on Saturday evening injuring 26 firefighters, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat, who is in charge of the emergency response unit, told reporters. One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z "The area is still dangerous... there is a risk of another explosion at another tanker," said Raed Arafat, head of Romania's emergency department, quoted by the AFP news agency. Huge blasts at Romania fuel station kill one and injure dozens 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Hamas also picked up on growing Palestinian criticisms of corruption, nepotism and economic mismanagement by Arafat's inner circle. A brief history of Gaza's 75 years of woe 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Arafat said more explosions could happen as a third tank at the site posed a risk. One person dead, 46 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z A second explosion took place at the LPG station on Saturday evening injuring 26 firefighters, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat who is in charge of the emergency response unit told reporters. One person dead, 33 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Arafat said the gas station did not have authorization to operate, hotnews.ro reported. One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z “I am not a great man. I am a failure, and you have made me one,” he told Arafat. Biden nods to Camp David history by inviting Yoon, Kishida 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Bill Clinton hoped to replicate Carter’s feat by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Camp David for a fresh round of Mideast peace talks in 2000. Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Yasir Arafat, the late Palestinian leader, coined a new name for the camp that year: “Jeningrad,” comparing it to the World War II battle of Stalingrad. Jenin Has a Long Legacy as a Bastion of Palestinian Armed Struggle 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Arafat said the fire had not yet been extinguished and more explosions could happen as a third tank at the site posed a risk. One person dead, 33 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The protests were also driven by the Palestinian leaders, including President Yasser Arafat, whom Israel accused of encouraging and abetting militants. A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians just escalated. Is this an uprising? 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z That’s when pilgrims flocked to Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon. Muslim pilgrims take part in symbolic stoning of the devil as Hajj pilgrimage winds down 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z But for Muslims, it was Tuesday’s rite of praying at Arafat that represented the sum and substance of the Hajj. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Some 1.8 million Muslims from across the world made it to Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to mark the most important day of the Hajj. Hajj: Price rises making pilgrimage increasingly unaffordable 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Security tightens in the streets to direct traffic as massive crowds move around the Grand Mosque and out to the holy sites in the nearby desert like Mina, Muzdalifa and Mount Arafat. What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam’s holiest sites are simply home 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z For travel around Mina and Arafat, two crucial Hajj locations, cars and buses remain the two most widespread forms of transport. Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z On Mount Arafat, the climactic moment of the Hajj, she said she will pray for peace and love between people. After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for return of Hajj, the first major one since COVID-19 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The hill and the Day of Arafat, as the second day of the annual pilgrimage is called, hold immense significance in Islam. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In the city of Ramallah, in the West Bank, hundreds gathered outside the Yasir Arafat Mausoleum, where the former Palestinian president is buried. In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z They brought viewers on the presidential campaign trail and face to face with world leaders like Yasir Arafat, and took them into college dorms in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. How MTV Broke News for a Generation 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He told a mostly Jewish audience that he would welcome Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, to Boston if he came peacefully. Mel King, Whose Boston Mayoral Bid Eased Racial Tensions, Dies at 94 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Others, like Arafat Ates, 63, and his wife Zeliha, 53, sleep upright on seats. Turkish families shelter on a train after earthquake brought life to a standstill 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Arafat is mentioned in the Quran and it is where the Prophet Muhammad is said to have given his last sermon on his final Hajj. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z I crossed the checkpoints with Palestinian workers, wandered the refugee camps of Gaza and the villages of West Bank, talked to Hamas leaders and asked questions of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. Column: Why Israel is losing me 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z That meant asking Arafat about the role of young people in the intifada and going to Bosnia to follow American troops, many of whom were the same age as MTV’s viewers. How MTV Broke News for a Generation 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He became leader of both when Arafat died in 2004, and a year later was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited sovereignty in the West Bank. The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Founded by Arafat and other leaders in 1959, Fatah announced its birth when it launched the first armed attack against Israel from Lebanon on Jan. 1, 1965. Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z According to traditional sayings of the prophet, the Day of Arafat is the most sacred day of the year, when God draws near to the faithful and forgives their sins. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Arafat, who had spent most of his life in exile, returned in triumph to Gaza with the PLO leadership. In Israel, Netanyahu's extremist new government rips off the mask 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z In 2000, a day after Palestinian nationalist leader Yasser Arafat hailed the gas discovery as a “gift from God,” the Palestinians’ second intifada, or uprising, erupted. Gaza gas deal could make improbable partners out of Israel and Hamas 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z But when Arafat died more than a quarter of a century later the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was moribund and relations with Washington were at a nadir. The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, however, Arafat signed a peace deal with Israel and the Palestinian Authority was created to administer Gaza and parts of the occupied West Bank. Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z As the day went on, the area surrounding Mount Arafat filled with some 1.8 million pilgrims. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Arafat, whom I met with many times, spent the final days of his life under Israeli house arrest. In Israel, Netanyahu's extremist new government rips off the mask 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z And when they argue about the conflict, Mo refers to them as Arafat and Rabin. Hollywood puts 'no face' on the Palestinian experience. Mo Amer plans to change that 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z He fled to Syria as a child amid fighting over the creation of Israel and later went to work in Qatar, where he joined other Palestinians including Arafat in Fatah. The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z He made his first Jewish friend and helped lead a group of Harvard students on an educational tour through Israel and the West Bank, stopping, among other places, at the tomb of Yasir Arafat. Social Media Star Moves From Israel to Dubai, a ‘Betrayal’ to Some Fans 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “The Hajj is Arafat,” he said, repeating one of the prophet’s sayings as he sat with his family on a big rock. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z But there are strong bridges between Ramla’s different communities, Ms. Arafat said. Below an Israeli City, a Musical Harmony Belies the Tensions Above Ground 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “The dream came true,” he says as they pass through Mecca and make their way to Mount Arafat. Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Imam Tovo said that the prophet fasted on this day, known as the Day of Arafat, and Muslims in Fort Dauphin keep with the tradition. Madagascar’s Eid: Zebus, dumplings and samosas 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Pilgrims clad in white robes climbed the rocky Mount of Mercy, which oversees the plain of Arafat where the Prophet Mohammad held his last sermon. Muslim pilgrims gather for peak of haj east of Mecca 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z He also did his own research, especially when it came to Arafat. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The pilgrims set out for Arafat before dawn, chanting as they trekked. Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He is a lifelong member of Fatah, a movement launched by Yasser Arafat in the late 1950s. Possible successor to Abbas warns Israel, but works with it 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “I saw locals come to the hospital with hand fans,” Mr. Arafat said. Dozens Killed and Hundreds Burned in Bangladesh Depot Disaster 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z One of her colleagues compared the emotional outpouring to the funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Israel, in shift, investigates possibility IDF soldier killed American journalist 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Arafat is crucial for pilgrims, he said, the moment to receive God’s forgiveness. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “God brought me here,” said Khadije Isaac, who traveled to Mount Arafat from Nigeria, her voice clipped with emotion. Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The Israeli army even bombed Arafat’s headquarters, trapping him inside his compound for many days. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Hasan Mahmud Arafat, 25, a university student who volunteered to help at the hospital, said all beds in the burn units were full and that ambulance sirens had blared all night. Dozens Killed and Hundreds Burned in Bangladesh Depot Disaster 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z But even if the appointments are ratified by the Central Council, the path to succeeding Abbas, elected in 2005 to replace the late Yasser Arafat as PA president, could prove complicated. Rare session of key Palestinian body could provide Abbas succession clues 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z “Arafat is a blessed day, and I feel peace and wisdom being here.” ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z But never did we see a restaurant proclaim itself Jordanian or Palestinian, the latter a term that was viewed by many as innately hostile in the age of Yasir Arafat. For Many Members of the Arab American Diaspora, Mansaf Offers a Taste of Home 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, relations between Yasir Arafat and Israeli leaders grew so strained that Israeli officials declared they no longer would meet with the long-time leader of the PLO. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are in talks with Hungary,” Arafat told reporters. Romania in talks with Hungary over transferring COVID-19 patients 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “It’s astonishing,” said Nasser al-Qudwa, the former Palestinian envoy to the United Nations and the nephew of the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. In Reversal, Israel’s New Government Engages With Palestinian Authority 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Pilgrims are required to pray at Arafat after midday and until immediately after sunset. ‘The Hajj is not Mecca’: Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z As president of the general assembly in 1974, he invited Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to address the UN governing body - an unprecedented and ground-breaking move. Abdelaziz Bouteflika: Former Algerian president dies aged 84 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Under intense pressure from the world community, Arafat agreed to take a less prominent role in peace talks with Israel. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As a president of the U.N.General Assembly, Bouteflika invited former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to address the body in 1974, a historic step toward international recognition of the Palestinian cause. Algeria's former President Bouteflika dies at 84 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet Yasir Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, always maintained good ties with the Samaritan leadership, said Aharon HaCohen, a Samaritan priest who spent most of his life working for Palestinian civil institutions. The World’s Last Samaritans, Straddling the Israeli-Palestinian Divide 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z While Arafat and the Palestinian leadership recognized Israel in the 1992 Oslo Accords, the 2017 Hamas charter advocates the “liberation” of lands within Israel proper. Hamas surges, but Palestinians’ woes persist 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Four months later, Hamas’s military commander Salah Shehadeh is killed in an Israeli air strike, and Israel starts a siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Hamas and Israel: a history of confrontation 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Four months later, Hamas’s military commander Salah Shehadeh is killed in an Israeli air strike, and Israel starts a siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Timeline - Hamas and Israel: a history of confrontation 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Israel was then concerned with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, so it cracked down on Fatah and allowed Hamas to rise as a counterforce. Should U.S. condition aid to Israel on reducing conflict? 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z After the death of Mr. HaCohen’s father, a former Samaritan high priest, Mr. HaCohen said Mr. Arafat called to offer condolences. The World’s Last Samaritans, Straddling the Israeli-Palestinian Divide 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z A year later, Rabin warily shook PLO leader Yasser Arafat’s hand at the White House. Opinion | The vicious cycle gets worse for the Israelis and Palestinians 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z When Arafat tried on a conservative business suit, his team laughed — a humiliation that led him to revert to what the film refers to as the “safari-suit” he was used to. Review | ‘The Human Factor’ offers a behind-the-scenes look at Middle East peace negotiations 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z He established many close relationships with African and Middle Eastern leaders including Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Vassos Lyssarides, respected Cypriot politician dies at 100 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z He believes his movement, founded by former leader Yasser Arafat, still reflects the best hope for Palestinian nationalism, based on the Western-backed formula of a "two-state solution" of an independent and sovereign Palestine alongside Israel. Palestinian election: Leaders face reckoning as rare vote looms 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z In 2002, Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat’s headquarters complex in the West Bank in a raid that was launched in response to anti-Israeli attacks that had killed 30 people in three days. Today in History 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Born in June 1951, Naccache joined late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah group in the early 1970s and also worked closely with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z In Middle East diplomacy, Mr. Shultz expended considerable energy trying to persuade Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat to abandon terrorism against Israel. George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z But the value is in the small, and yes, human details — like the fact that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat took it upon himself to cut Ross’ chicken for him when they ate together. Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z His wife, lawyer Fadwa Barghouti, is a candidate along with Nasser al-Qudwa, a veteran diplomat and the nephew of Yasser Arafat who calls for an end to corruption in the PA. Palestinian election: Leaders face reckoning as rare vote looms 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z In 1988, President Reagan authorized the U.S. to enter into a “substantive dialogue” with the Palestine Liberation Organization, after chairman Yasser Arafat said he was renouncing “all forms of terrorism.” Today in History 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “The screen is what alienates people and what they say through a screen they probably wouldn’t say to another person in front of them,” Arafat Mazhar, the director of the 14-minute animated film, told Reuters. Pakistani film explores social media's role in anger over blasphemy 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Near the end of the Reagan administration, Arafat recognized Israel’s right to exist and renounced terrorism in a speech to the U.N. George P. Shultz, counsel and Cabinet member for two Republican presidents, dies at 100 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Or the incongruous sight of Arafat’s entourage watching “The Golden Girls” on TV. Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z He was a senior official in the Palestinian Authority and a close aide to the late Yasser Arafat and his successor, Abbas. Palestinians hold funeral for veteran negotiator Erekat 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The agreements — hammered out by representatives including Dr. Erekat, when he was a protege of Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat — expanded Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator who shaped Arab-Israeli peace agreements, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Fluent in English as well as his native Arabic, Erekat was a spokesman for Palestinian leaders such as Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, though never a serious candidate to succeed them. Palestinian negotiator Erekat dies after contracting COVID-19 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In subsequent years he routinely served as Arafat’s translator, and was sometimes accused of editing his remarks to soften the rough edges of the guerrilla leader-turned-aspiring statesman. Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The film is full of such humanizing touches, not just about Arafat but about Israeli leaders and American ones, too. Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Over more than 50 years he interviewed everyone from Deng Xiaoping and Barbara Streisand to Salvador Dali and Yasser Arafat. The debate host and Fox anchor unloved by Trump 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z He also attracted the attention of the PLO, joining its brain trust as a suit-and-briefcase counterpoint to Arafat’s military fatigues and sidearm. Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator who shaped Arab-Israeli peace agreements, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z After Arafat returned from exile in the mid-1990s following interim peace agreements, Erekat oversaw preparations for elections under the newly created Palestinian Authority, and was himself elected to parliament. Palestinian negotiator Erekat dies after contracting COVID-19 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Erekat accompanied Arafat’s body on the flight back to the West Bank for burial. Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z There’s a fascinating description of a meal in the small dining room off the Oval Office between Clinton, Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Hussein of Jordan. Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Palestinians regarded Sharon’s walkabout as a calculated provocation, but Israel accused then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of inciting violence - two months after a failed peace summit in the United States. Palestinians out of sight, almost out of mind for Israelis seared by 2000 uprising 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z He and Arafat raced to the border, where Chinese police were waiting. A Pakistani father's ordeal: China seized his Uighur son and sent his daughters to an orphanage 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Arafat al-Daf, a 21-year-old student from Gaza, said the move simply added to Palestinian disappointment, “from ourselves, from the Arabs, from the world”. 'We feel betrayed': Palestinians fear cost of Arab states' deals with Israel 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z By then Erekat had become a senior Palestinian official and was seen as a possible successor to Arafat, who died in a French hospital in 2004. Erekat, longtime spokesman for the Palestinians, dies at 65 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The high-stakes 2000 Camp David summit fails to produce an agreement, and we see Clinton in his last days in office in January 2001, in a call with Arafat, who calls him a “great man.” Review: ‘Human Factor’ gets personal about Mideast peace 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Masked pilgrims have arrived at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site, to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. 5 Things to Know for Today 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Arafat would be lost to him for two years. A Pakistani father's ordeal: China seized his Uighur son and sent his daughters to an orphanage 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z JERICHO, West Bank — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat built a glitzy casino 22 years ago in this dusty town on the edge of the desert. Once an oasis of peace, Jericho now fears Israeli annexation 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Arafat, who fled violence in Myanmar eight years ago, urges people in his short videos to wash their hands and keep their distance from one another. 'Just one case': fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world's refugee camps 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Anderson met frequently with Ali Hassan Salameh, whose work as the security chief for PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat made him a key CIA asset. Frank Anderson, former CIA spymaster in the Middle East, dies at 77 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “Everything about this thing is confusing,” said Nasser al-Kidwa, the chairman of the Yasser Arafat Foundation and a nephew of the Palestinian leader, who died in 2004. Israel Puts Brakes on West Bank Annexation Plan 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z After his wife and Arafat, who was then 19, were detained, Hayat was denied a visa to China for two years. A Pakistani father's ordeal: China seized his Uighur son and sent his daughters to an orphanage 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's greatest war leader, and Yasser Arafat, the human embodiment of Palestinian hopes for freedom, signed documents promising to negotiate the future, not fight for it. High stakes, low chances for Trump peace plan 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The Israeli prime minister was pushing on with what Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat called the ‘’peace of the brave,’’ based on the 1993 Oslo peace accords. Middle East long riven by killings of high-profile figures 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Established by Yasser Arafat in 1965, Fatah led the armed struggle against Israel for decades as the main component of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Palestinian Fatah marks 55 years with West Bank marches 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z But many critics assailed the choice of Mr. Arafat because of his role in acts of terrorism against Israelis. With Many Dents to Its Image, Nobel Peace Prize Is Hit With a Few More 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Hayat’s son, Arafat, was also released on condition that he sign a two-year labor contract with a Chinese telecommunications company. A Pakistani father's ordeal: China seized his Uighur son and sent his daughters to an orphanage 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Now that rescue attempts on the Queen Hind have concluded, the next issue will be righting the ship so that crews can remove the carcasses and incinerate them, Mr. Arafat said. 14,000 Sheep Die on Ship Capsized Off Romania 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The mayor was mortified when Arafat proceeded to kiss the old-school Southern Baptist on both cheeks — especially when local wags joked that the mayor kissed Arafat back. In his hometown, Jimmy Carter unites Trump supporters and Democrats. To a point 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “We are in constant concern, there is no human life in Gaza, and now the conditions are getting more complicated,” said Samira Arafat, 52, who was walking empty streets to find bread and vegetables. Cross-border salvos resume between Israel and Islamic Jihad in second day of Gaza clashes 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z His dozens of works include a portrait of the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, with his famous keffiyeh, the iconic Palestinian headscarf. Palestinian photographer finds 2nd calling as wire sculptor 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Traditionally, Arab parties have refused to nominate an Israeli prime minister – their last recommendation was for Yitzhak Rabin in 1992, who went on to sign the Oslo accords with Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization. Ousting Netanyahu isn’t enough for Israel’s Palestinians. They want equality | Amjad Iraqi 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “The rescue mission wasn’t a simple one, or a risk-free one,” said Raed Arafat, head of the Department of Emergency Situations under the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs. 14,000 Sheep Die on Ship Capsized Off Romania 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Over the years, he has accompanied Carter to Oslo for his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, prayed alongside civil rights leader Andrew Young, handed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a key to his city. In his hometown, Jimmy Carter unites Trump supporters and Democrats. To a point 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Rabin later signed the historic Oslo accords with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Arab parties throw support behind Gantz as they seek to block Netanyahu 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Now he is deputy mayor of the local municipality and sits at his desk, a photo of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat behind him. Palestinians on annexation plan: ‘We are already destroyed’ 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z A generation later, Clinton welcomed Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to the same venue, in the hopes of helping negotiate a Middle East peace agreement. Inviting the Taliban to Camp David, Trump was his own adviser 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In his travels, Mr. Findley visited refugee camps and contacted Arafat and other Arab leaders. Paul Findley, 11-term Republican congressman from Illinois, dies at 98 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The new headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, which I am now passing, built next to the old Muqata’a, are a sharp contrast to those where Arafat worked. ‘Look where we’ve got to – defeated and dominated’: my generation’s failure to liberate Palestine 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z But once in office, he continued implementing them and even met with arch-enemy Yasser Arafat. Netanyahu makes history as Israel’s longest-serving leader 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Huge amounts of money were spent creating the institutions of the Palestinian Authority under its first president, Yasser Arafat, who used Gaza’s airport to fly abroad on official visits. Scars on Middle East landscape bear witness to past peace failures 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z In the West Bank city of Ramallah, hundreds marched from the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to a rally downtown. World Digest: May 15, 2019 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z At the time, Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization was designated a terrorist group by the U.S. government. Paul Findley, 11-term Republican congressman from Illinois, dies at 98 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z A gleaming white walkway led to Arafat’s grave. ‘Look where we’ve got to – defeated and dominated’: my generation’s failure to liberate Palestine 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Israeli forces bulldozed two apartments belonging to the father of Arafat Erfayieh in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday. Israel demolishes home of Palestinian charged with killing 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The invitation to Arafat to address the General Assembly was controversial. Algeria's Bouteflika - from revolutionary to ailing recluse 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Hours later, Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat resigned, according to a cabinet statement. Train strikes barrier at main Cairo railway station and explodes, killing at least 20 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z But Clinton failed to close a deal for a Palestinian state, thanks mostly to the intransigence of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Opinion | The Democrats have an Israel problem — and it’s not Ilhan Omar 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z There is no doubt that Arafat’s endurance of the bombardment in those last six months of his life was heroic. ‘Look where we’ve got to – defeated and dominated’: my generation’s failure to liberate Palestine 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z PLO Chief Yasser Arafat in Beirut, Lebanon, sent a message to Khomeini saying: “I pray to Allah to guide your steps on the path of faith and jihad holy war in Iran.” AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Bouteflika watched from the chairman’s dais as Arafat, a gun holster on his waistband, addressed the assembly in New York. Algeria's Bouteflika - from revolutionary to ailing recluse 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Or is Arafat’s story meant to produce some form of catharsis in a long-lasting tragedy? ‘Look where we’ve got to – defeated and dominated’: my generation’s failure to liberate Palestine 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran's Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z In 1988, President Reagan authorized the U-S to enter into a “substantive dialogue” with the Palestine Liberation Organization, after chairman Yasser Arafat said he was renouncing “all forms of terrorism.” Today in History 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The invitation to Mr. Arafat was surely an invitation to publicly accept, based on the horrors the memorial enshrines, that the State of Israel was born of tragedy, as a gesture of mutual reconciliation. Opinion | What Happens When a Holocaust Memorial Plays Host to Autocrats 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Emails sent to the agency’s listed contact, Arafat Shoroh, bounced back. Special Report: How Iran spreads disinformation around the world 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The Arafat Museum, built on the ruins of the Tegart, represents the past. ‘Look where we’ve got to – defeated and dominated’: my generation’s failure to liberate Palestine 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Video footage of Rabin and Arafat at the triumphant signing of the Oslo Accord at the White House could have ended the play — but doesn’t. At ACT Theatre, ‘Oslo’ finds crackling drama in back-channel negotiations 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Wang Qishan visited the West Bank on Tuesday, where he met Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, laid a wreath on the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and toured Bethlehem’s Nativity Church. Chinese VP Wang meets Israeli, Palestinian officials 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity” was not said by Yasser Arafat. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: An uplifting letter is finally unearthed, but history is overlooked in North Carolina 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state. Today in History 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat was the embodiment of the Palestinian quest for independence - a road littered with displacement and death. Laughter at Trump among a long line of shocking UN moments 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z I interviewed Yasser Arafat, the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Israeli soldiers, settlers and the victims of violence. 'Nasty, nasty man': Guardian reporter on being insulted by Trump and breaking the Snowden story 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Only the decor is untouched — historical photographs of Jerusalem’s Old City on the walls and framed pictures of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, hanging behind the front desk. PLO mission in Washington is a ghost of an office 2 weeks before closing 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Another Oslo critic, Edward Said, the Palestinian intellectual and professor of comparative literature at Columbia, refused a White House invitation to attend the signing ceremony between Arafat and Rabin. From peace to armageddon: The Israel-Palestine nightmare 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z PLO leader Yasser Arafat spoke with me many times over those years, wanting to communicate with the United States — but Israel, not so much. Opinion | How peace keeps receding in the Middle East 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Nationally, Fletcher’s party seems determined to emulate Yasser Arafat’s description of the Palestine Liberation Organization: They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Opinion | In this Texas district, the Democrats seem serious about winning 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The person primarily responsible for dashing the hopes pinned on the accord was not Arafat, as Israeli propaganda repeatedly claimed, but Benjamin Netanyahu. Palestinians still live under apartheid in Israel, 25 years after the Oslo accord | Avi Shlaim 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “Arafat was not ready to cross the Rubicon.” 25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Arafat himself said that, living as he did in America, the famed professor “does not feel the suffering of his people.” From peace to armageddon: The Israel-Palestine nightmare 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z I do believe this is what Yasser Arafat was thinking. The Oslo peace accords: What did the handshake bring? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The early hope of peace shattered quickly after Rabin and Arafat awkwardly shook hands on the South Lawn. Twenty-five years on, Oslo Accords peace hopes a fading memory 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Yet she received Yasser Arafat at her home when he came to convey his condolences. Palestinians still live under apartheid in Israel, 25 years after the Oslo accord | Avi Shlaim 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Many trace the authority’s governance problems to Mr. Arafat. 25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Yet Arafat and his cadre of fellow PLO officials from the diaspora, Khatib argues, “had no real understanding of or expertise in the Israeli way of doing things, the Israeli mentality, etcetera, etcetera.” From peace to armageddon: The Israel-Palestine nightmare 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat signed them under pressure, despite the fact they didn’t contain anything in favor of Palestinians. The Oslo peace accords: What did the handshake bring? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z That hope has never been fulfilled, notably since the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat began the second intifada after walking away from the historic and generous Israeli peace offer brokered by Bill Clinton in 2000. Opinion | Shutting Down the PLO 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Saleem enthralled right-wing audiences with his implausible tales of working for Yasser Arafat, Moammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein before finding Jesus, but there's no evidence that any of them were true. Fringe Christian group close to Senate chaplain prays for destruction of military freedom group 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z “Arafat didn’t do enough to stop terror,” said David Hacham, who represented the Israeli defense ministry in the Oslo process. 25 Years Later, Oslo’s Promise for Mideast Peace Is Unfulfilled 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “There was a joke about Mr. Arafat not being married,” Mr. Avnery later told The Washington Post. Uri Avnery, left-wing Israeli journalist, politician and peace activist, dies at 94 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z They will all arrive by Monday morning at Mount Arafat. Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage amid heavy rain 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Arafat, some 12 miles east of Mecca, for the pinnacle of the pilgrimage. The hajj pilgrimage and its significance in Islam 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The living embodiment of the Palestinian national movement, Yasser Arafat, was dead. BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Another name often mentioned is Nasser al-Kidwa, a former foreign minister and representative to the UN who is also nephew of the revered late leader, Yasser Arafat. Palestinians face uncertainties over Abbas succession 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z As scenes of his meeting with Arafat aired on Israeli television, Mr. Avnery returned home to face accusations of treason. Uri Avnery, left-wing Israeli journalist, politician and peace activist, dies at 94 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat was once a terrorist, but at least he used terror to win practical concessions. Extremism on both sides of Gaza fence 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z And as an elderly man, Jadallah embraced Yasser Arafat in Jericho in the 1990s when the veteran Palestinian leader returned from exile to set up the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian whose life spans the 'Catastrophe' of his people 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z I will always remember when Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, on a visit to Paris in 1989 declared in French on French television that the PLO’s charter was “caduque!” Even when the likes of Macron foul up, multilingual politicians get it right | Agnès Poirier 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Funny how no leaders calling for martyrdom ever seem to do anything but build huge houses or live as Arafat relatives do in Paris. Plan to Storm Fence Gets Bloody Preview in Gaza 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He reported on the assassination of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, the rise of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the 1982 war in Lebanon and the Iran-Iraq War. Tom Baldwin, veteran journalist, foreign correspondent, dies 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Mr Avnery was about to become the first Israeli to formally meet the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat. Was Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The mission began after Israeli F-15s almost shot down a transport plane that they believed was carrying Arafat from Athens to Cairo in October 1982. Israel had plan to shoot down passenger plane to kill Arafat, book claims 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z He would visit Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo, write up a one-page memo about the meeting and pass it along to first lady Rosalynn Carter. Landrum Bolling, college president, peace activist and presidential go-between, dies at 104 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Beyond securing the adoration of his own people, Arafat also began to make many powerful friends abroad. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “It’s like having Yasser Arafat teaching Jewish studies.” Julius Lester, whose literature explored African American life, dies at 78 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But the story of meeting Arafat did not end only with a scoop for Mr Avnery's left-wing magazine. Was Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Bergman says other plans to assassinate Arafat were drafted, including attempting to convince a Palestinian prisoner to become an assassin. Israel had plan to shoot down passenger plane to kill Arafat, book claims 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Arafat Nagi, 47, entered his plea on Monday before U.S. New York man pleads guilty to attempting to join Islamic State 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z As the 1970s drew to a close, Arafat seemed untouchable. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Mahmoud Abbas is not known for coming up with catchy lines, and he has always painfully lacked the stature and charisma of the late Yasser Arafat. Will Abbas’s ‘Eff off, Trump’ fury play into the hands of rightwing Israelis? | Ian Black 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z As the siege of Beirut took place in 1982, Mr Bergman writes that an elite commando unit codenamed Salt Fish was set up to kill Arafat. Was Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Israel should certainly want to correct its enormous mistake of allowing Yasser Arafat, the father of Palestinian nationalism, to import his thugocracy into the West Bank and Gaza. In the Mideast, Trump Gives Reality a Chance 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Arafat Nagi, 47, entered his plea on Monday before U.S. New York man pleads guilty to attempting to join Islamic State 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Mossad had other sources who insisted that Arafat had been nowhere near Greece, and that the man on the plane couldn’t possibly be Arafat. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Unlike Arafat, Abbas also sensibly opposed the second intifada that erupted in 2000, recognising that a return to armed struggle was not going to succeed against an infinitely more powerful foe. Will Abbas’s ‘Eff off, Trump’ fury play into the hands of rightwing Israelis? | Ian Black 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Col Dayan avoids the word "assassination", repeating that his goal was for Arafat "not to be alive". Was Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Seventeen years after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat made his disastrous decision to reject a two-state solution, the only way to renew negotiations is by pulling and pushing. Opinion | Has Trump botched the Palestinian deal already? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It was not until 2002, when the U.S. discovered a shipment of weapons from Iran to the Palestinian Authority, that Bush decided to cut Arafat off and call for new elections. Trump’s move frees Palestinians to focus on peace 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Arafat was seen as the country’s worst enemy, and this was his first formal meeting with Israelis. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z A tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, were plunged into darkness. Arabs, Europe, U.N. reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Saleh established close relations with Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to counter the influence of wealthy neighbor Saudi Arabia. Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s authoritarian leader snared in proxy-war intrigue, dies at 75 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Two statements, one message to the Palestinian leadership: The best possible deal remains the one that Arafat failed to seize. Opinion | Has Trump botched the Palestinian deal already? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The rally Saturday in an open park in Gaza City drew in people from all over the coastal enclave, waving flags, raising posters of Arafat and donning his landmark kaffiyeh. Tens of thousands mark Arafat anniversary in Gaza 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z “Sharon saw Arafat as a murderer, a Jew murderer,” he said. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z A tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, were plunged into darkness. Arabs, Europe, U.N. reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The Sunnis were played by Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser and then, catastrophically, by the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose challenge to the central government triggered the 1975-1976 civil war. Opinion | Saudi Arabia commits the original sin of modern Middle East politics 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The prince intervened, arguing that such a boycott would be counterproductive and even contacting the late Yasser Arafat, then the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. From bailouts to boycotts, Saudi Prince Alwaleed has been a longtime friend of Disney 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat died in 2004 at a hospital in France after two years of Israeli siege on his West Bank headquarters. Tens of thousands mark Arafat anniversary in Gaza 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The conventional wisdom among Middle East hands is that Israel knew Arafat was corrupt and incompetent and not as great a threat as Abu Jihad, whom they killed in Tunis. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Israelis and Gazans were awakened about 6 a.m. by massive booms as the tunnel collapsed in on itself, killing eight militants, including Islamic Jihad commander Arafat Abu-Mursheda and one of his deputies. Israel blows up Gaza tunnel, killing 8 militants, including an Islamic Jihad commander 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Arafat later presided over the Palestinians during the second intifada, a violent uprising against Israeli occupation. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z A man who identified himself only as Arafat said he fled along with six family members, including his wife, son, sister and two nephews. The Rohingya’s exodus from Burma is arduous — and sometimes lethal 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z His wife and mother-in-law were sheltering in the border area of Teknaf, but Arafat sought treatment for his wound. Rohingya Pour Into Bangladesh With Tales of Random Killing 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Arafat was once again saved by timing: The bombs had fallen just before he arrived. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z After Mecca, pilgrims spend the day in Mount Arafat before heading to an area called Muzdalifa. 2 Million Muslims Gather Near Mecca at Height of Hajj 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Arafat later presided over the Palestinians during the second intifada, a violent uprising against Israeli occupation. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z From dawn until dusk on Thursday, the massive crowd of people will be gathered here in Mount Arafat to spend the day in supplication and contemplation. 2M Muslims gather near Mecca for peak of hajj pilgrimage 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In recovery from drug addiction himself, Arafat, 25, said he understands why someone who uses drugs would be more comfortable talking to him than to a medical professional. Recovery coaches at ERs try to help opioid addicts avoid another overdose 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z “Gradually,” Gilboa said, “the awareness grew that Arafat was a political matter, and he must not be seen as a target for assassination.” How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z From dawn until dusk, the massive crowd of people will be gathered here in Mount Arafat to spend the day in supplication and contemplation. 2 Million Muslims Gather Near Mecca at Height of Hajj 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z He wrote that he wanted his body to be covered by a banner of the Islamic militant Hamas and a photo of Abbas‘ predecessor, Yasser Arafat, founder of Hamas’ main rival, the Fatah movement. Israel to raze home of Palestinian who killed 3 Israelis 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z They didn’t react to a joke about Arafat that generally works well because, Rogers suspects, “they all either knew him or were terrified of being seen laughing at him”. Oslo: the smash hit about the peace accords that's been scrutinised by 1,000 UN delegates 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z To reduce those odds, New York City, Connecticut and Massachusetts are replicating a Rhode Island program that sends recovery coaches such as Arafat to hospital emergency rooms to meet overdose survivors and offer them support. Recovery coaches at ERs try to help opioid addicts avoid another overdose 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z He stalled, elaborating all the many reasons for believing Arafat might be on the plane, then enumerating all the many reasons to doubt he was on the plane. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Yitzhak Rabin, by then prime minister, shook hands with his old enemy Yasser Arafat under the gaze of a beaming President Clinton on the lawn of the White House in 1993. 1967 war: Six days which changed the Middle East - BBC News 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z As a young man, he also served as an aide to Yasser Arafat. New Palestinian metropolis rises in the West Bank as Israeli occupation turns 50 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z It criticized Yasser Arafat and the PLO for recognizing Israel and agreeing to divide historic Palestine. A revised Hamas charter will moderate its stance toward Israel — slightly 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “Jihad,” “Muhammad,” and “Arafat” are a small sampling of names that are prohibited for over 10 million Uighurs in China’s western region of Xinjiang, The New York Times reported. China bans Muslim names like ‘jihad’ to ‘curb religious fervor’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Asked to clarify if he meant harming Arafat, he answered, “I do not think this matter can be made any clearer.” How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Arafat became chairman of the moribund PLO, and an international figure, the symbol of national liberation for Palestinians, the world's worst terrorist for Israelis. 1967 war: Six days which changed the Middle East - BBC News 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z For a while, even the most intractable conflict seemed within reach of resolution, as the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shook hands on the White House lawn in 1993. The ‘peaceful’ decade that set up our current turmoil | Jonathan Freedland 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It depicts Barghouti, with fists handcuffed, opposite an image of Yasser Arafat. Behind bars, a famed Palestinian leads his people in a prison hunger strike 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Many Palestinians see Arafat as an icon in their fight for a state but many Israelis view him as a terrorist. Israel Arafat street sign dropped after Netanyahu anger - BBC News 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Even at the expense of leaving a murderous criminal like Arafat alive. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z After 1967 Yasser Arafat and his Fatah faction took matters into their own hands. 1967 war: Six days which changed the Middle East - BBC News 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The Arafat family arrived in Whitehorse not quite knowing what to expect. Syrian refugees in Canada's north: 'It’s not warm in weather, but warm in emotions ' 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Fares met the women in 2009 at a race in Bethlehem at the helicopter pad of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. 'Speed Sisters' rev and race with defiance across a troubled Palestine 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Still, it was hard for Arafat or anyone else in the Palestinian leadership to do more as the Israelis were destroying the PA’s police forces. Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem is a bad idea for everyone — except Israeli hard-liners and their American friends 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “Anything like our last trip together?” asked Sella, alluding to a visit to Beirut in May, in preparation for the invasion and the operation to assassinate Arafat. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Senior emergency situations official Raed Arafat said one person was seriously injured and that almost half of the injured used their own transport to reach hospitals. 38 hospitalized after nightclub fire in Romanian capital 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Last month, the dancers appeared at the inauguration of the Yasser Arafat Museum in the city. These Palestinians aren’t just ‘dancing pretty.’ They’re challenging their society. 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z It would lead him to host Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak at Camp David in the summer of 2000 and five months later to offer the Clinton Parameters for settling the conflict. How Trump could surprise the world on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Nasser Al Kidwa is a nephew of Arafat who spent nearly two decades as a Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations. The Palestinians' political future could change this week. Here's why 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Yassin was a founder of the Hamas movement and, like Arafat, a political leader of world renown. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z According to a Japanese agency that monitors North Korean media, Castro is the first foreign political figure to be honored in such a manner since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004. North Korea calls 3-day mourning period for Castro 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z For Hafiz Arafat, a parent whose children attend a PakTurk school in Islamabad, the politically motivated decision to expel teachers was concerning and, he said, difficult to explain to his kids. Scores of Turkish Teachers Have Been Expelled From Pakistan 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Calling Mr. Arafat a terrorist and a murderer, he said the next day: “I would not invite Yasir Arafat to anything, anytime, anyplace. I don’t forget.” Rudolph Giuliani’s Worldview Still Shaped by 9/11 Attacks 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Fatah was established by Yasser Arafat as a militant political movement in the 1960s. The Palestinians' political future could change this week. Here's why 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Israeli spokespersons categorically denied that Israel was in any way involved in Arafat’s death. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Mohammad Halayka, the director of the museum, said a box of photographic slides that belonged to Mr. Arafat turned up in a Gaza market. Museum Explores Arafat’s Legacy but Leaves Unanswered Questions 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The $7-million Yasser Arafat Museum sits next to the personal quarters where Arafat spent his final years and the mausoleum that houses his tomb. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z But before the third movement started, Mr. Arafat was told to leave. Rudolph Giuliani’s Worldview Still Shaped by 9/11 Attacks 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Another mystery is how Arafat died in November 2004 at age 75. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z But that reasoning assumes a priori knowledge of what Arafat would become. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z By the museum’s telling, Mr. Arafat was born in his grandfather’s house in the Old City of Jerusalem on Aug. 4, 1929. Museum Explores Arafat’s Legacy but Leaves Unanswered Questions 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Arafat “represents the biggest chapter in our political life,” museum director Mohammed Halayka told reporters invited to tour the building before a ceremonial opening with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and foreign dignitaries. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z In October 1995, the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat settled into a seat at Lincoln Center in Manhattan for a gala performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Rudolph Giuliani’s Worldview Still Shaped by 9/11 Attacks 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “I am totally convinced his death was not a natural death, and most likely he was poisoned. Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat,” said Qidwa, his nephew. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Time and again, the desire to kill Arafat placed Israel at the center of the ongoing debate about what a nation can and cannot do to survive. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z There are several pictures of Mr. Arafat with their young daughter, Zahwa. Museum Explores Arafat’s Legacy but Leaves Unanswered Questions 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Other chapters of his life, including his youth and his relationship with his wife, Suha Arafat, get spotty treatment. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Many of the city’s Jewish leaders, for instance, embraced his snub of Mr. Arafat. Rudolph Giuliani’s Worldview Still Shaped by 9/11 Attacks 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z For the next 20 years, Arafat and his followers launched countless attacks on Israel, cementing his reputation among Palestinians as a revolutionary leader and among Israelis as a murderous terrorist. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In the years after Arafat founded Fatah, a forerunner of the P.L.O., in 1959, Mossad dismissed him and his friends as students and intellectuals. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The Yasir Arafat Museum will proffer answers to these questions when it opens to the public here on Thursday, the eve of the 12th anniversary of his death at 75. Museum Explores Arafat’s Legacy but Leaves Unanswered Questions 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Arafat seemed immune from the sense of panic that spread through the barracks. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Arafat spent most of the last three years of his life in this bedroom on the ground floor of his Ramallah headquarters, known as the Muqata. Palestinians open Arafat’s bedroom to public 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, Arafat changed his tactics and his politics when he began to engage in diplomacy with the Israelis, leading eventually to the now-failed Oslo Peace Accords. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He put a renewed focus on Arafat and gave the greenlight for Ben-Gal and Dagan to carry out an operation that, if it succeeded, would change the course of Middle East history. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Almost absent from the main exhibit is any mention of Suha Arafat, Mr. Arafat’s widow, who was 34 years his junior and whose relations with other Palestinian officials turned ugly. Museum Explores Arafat’s Legacy but Leaves Unanswered Questions 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z A dozen years after the death of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority is opening a museum honoring the founder of the Palestinian movement for political sovereignty. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z In his office, Arafat kept posters of two foreign activists killed in clashes with the Israeli military, American Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall of the U.K. Palestinians open Arafat’s bedroom to public 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z “The Yasser Arafat Museum displays the Palestinian experience,” said Mohammad Halayka, the museum’s director. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In that fantastical plan, there was one more critical element: killing Yasir Arafat. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z For example, when Yasir Arafat took control of the PLO he sent out any foreign medical clinics from the West Bank but did not build any domestic ones to fill the people's need. Miri Regev’s Culture War 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Hailed as a hero among his people for bringing their struggle to the world stage, Arafat was a complicated and controversial figure. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “Yasser Arafat won a Nobel Peace Prize, too,” this column remarked on Oct. 9, A Medal for Trying 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z And the creators of the Yasser Arafat Museum here hope it will change some perceptions of the late Palestinian leader. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Dayan thought Arafat was a legitimate target but not if it meant killing many civilians. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is popular among Palestinians. A look at possible successors to Palestinian President Abbas 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Many Israelis still revile Arafat as a terrorist. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It was a crowning triumph for Mr. Peres, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Mr. Rabin and Yasser Arafat. Israel loses a lion 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Visitors will be able to see the original office, meeting room and even the 54-square-foot bedroom where Arafat spent the final three years of his life in a compound surrounded by the Israeli army. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z On July 3, 1982, Uri Avnery, a left-wing Israeli magazine editor, along with a reporter and photographer, crossed the front line in Beirut to interview Arafat in the heart of the city. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z He helped broker the Oslo accords in 1993 between Israel and the Palestinians, and won the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Rabin and Yasser Arafat. Shimon Peres's death closes a chapter in Israel's history - BBC News 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z A bridge from the main building leads to the office, guard barracks and tiny bedroom where Arafat faced a ring of Israeli tanks in 2002 at the height of the second Palestinian uprising. A new museum devoted to Yasser Arafat reflects Palestinian nostalgia — and discontent 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z This is the ideology of the PLO and of Yassir Arafat: To destroy the state of Israel and to establish a Palestinian state instead. From the Archives: Israel's Peres, Shamir Square Off on Issues 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Yet Israelis, and most historians, say Arafat was born in Egypt, arriving in Jerusalem only after the death of his mother when he was 4 years old. Inside Arafat’s bedroom, museum highlights dueling Israeli and Palestinian narratives 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The Salt Fish team decided to take advantage of the opportunity to let the three journalists unknowingly lead a group of assassins straight to Arafat. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z In 1993, in a sudden and astonishing breakthrough, Mr. Peres and Rabin sealed the peace accords with Arafat, their mortal enemy, on the White House lawn under the gaze of President Bill Clinton. Shimon Peres, Israeli statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 93 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But that did not discourage Peres, who backed a new round of peace talks with the late Arafat's heirs in the West Bank-based Palestinian leadership. Shimon Peres dead at 93 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The two of them conducted negotiations with the PLO, headed at the time by Mr. Arafat. Shimon Peres, Former Israeli Leader and Nobel Winner, Dies at 93 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z In 1994, while foreign minister, he won the Nobel peace prize jointly with Rabin, the then prime minister, and Arafat for their role in negotiating the Oslo accords, which envisioned an independent Palestinian state. Former Israeli leader Shimon Peres dies aged 93 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z When Mossad reported that Arafat was flying more commercial flights, with the P.L.O. often buying the entire first-class or business-class cabin for him and his aides, Sharon decided that such flights would be legitimate targets. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the late former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for reaching, in 1993, an interim peace deal which never hardened into a lasting treaty. Former Israeli president Shimon Peres in grave condition: media 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The following year Peres learned from his deputy about exploratory discussions underway in Norway between Israeli academics and emissaries of Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. Shimon Peres dead at 93 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Arafat beseeched the UN "don't let the olive branch fall from my hand". Jeremy Corbyn re-elected: What next for Labour? - BBC News 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z One night at the compound where my 500-person V.I.P. delegation was staying in Arafat, I was working when the men suddenly started kneeling in a large, air-conditioned, carpeted room. At the Hajj, Facing Islam’s Inconsistent Embrace of Women 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Had Mossad assassinated Arafat in 1965, they would have simply murdered a young Arab for no reason other than opposition to Israel. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z There’s the New Year’s Eve when the author dances in an impromptu conga line led by Yasser Arafat. John le Carré’s ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’: some spellbinding true tales of a master spy novelist 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z When he was photographed shaking hands with Arafat, fellow Jews called him a traitor and a dead pig was thrown on his driveway. Stanley Sheinbaum, L.A.-based patron of liberal causes, dies at 96 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Sheinbaum’s most famous, or infamous, venture was gathering a delegation of American Jewish leaders in 1988 to persuade Arafat to disavow terrorism and recognize Israel. Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Economist and Liberal Crusader, Dies at 96 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Sheinbaum was credited with raising money for Daniel Ellsberg’s defense in the Pentagon Papers trial and persuading Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat to accept Israel as a state. Loretta Sanchez faces Kamala Harris, apathy in U.S. Senate race 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Taking advantage of lax security at the Athens airport, they waited for Arafat in the area where private planes were parked. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z What would I pray for on the second day atop Mount Arafat, a time and place in which our tradition tells us God answers petitions? Mysteries of the Hajj: What’s in the Kaaba and Where to Find Bathrooms 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In the 1980s he led a delegation of American Jewish leaders who persuaded Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat to renounce terrorism and accept Israel as a state. Stanley Sheinbaum, L.A.-based patron of liberal causes, dies at 96 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Sheinbaum met with late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in an unofficial diplomatic mission. Peace activist Stanley Sheinbaum dies at 96 in Los Angeles 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Pilgrims used buses, trains and private cars to move from their encampments in Mena to Mount Arafat. Drones keep watch as pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for haj climax 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The two Caesarea operatives once again insisted that it was Arafat. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z On the second day of the hajj — this year, Sunday, Sept. 11 — pilgrims will clamber onto Mount Arafat to ask for God’s forgiveness and make specific requests by prayer. Mysteries of the Hajj: What’s in the Kaaba and Where to Find Bathrooms 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z For instance, to write “The Little Drummer Girl,” he wanted the Palestinian point of view, so he worked through contacts to meet Yasser Arafat. The life of John le Carré by the only one who can give it the le Carré treatment 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z On Sunday they will travel to Mount Arafat, several kilometres away, for what will be the main part of the pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia Hajj: Millions begin annual pilgrimage - BBC News 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Madani said the relationship between the Soviet Union and the Palestine Liberation Organization started after then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat visited Moscow in the 1960s and the Soviets once supplied the Palestinians with firearms. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was once a KGB spy code-named ‘Mole,’ report claims 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He told his aide to contact Mossad again and demand that it provide secondary confirmation that it was Arafat on the plane and not just someone who looked like him. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z At first I was disappointed to see the mess of bottles and mud, a cleaning man in bright yellow and green looking on helplessly: I had thought Arafat would be austere and clean. Mysteries of the Hajj: What’s in the Kaaba and Where to Find Bathrooms 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Muslims are forbidden from slaughtering animals during the hajj until after the Day of Arafat, when it their duty to do so. What Muslims Do on Hajj, and Why 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z To research the Palestine-Israel conflict for “Drummer Girl,” for example, Cornwell works his way into the world of Palestinian liberation fighters and eventually wins an audience with Yasser Arafat. Review: Spy novelist le Carre relates stories from his life 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Le Carré gives amusing and at times lacerating pen portraits of Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch and Yasser Arafat, as well as a kaleidoscope of other cultural and political figures. Le Carré reveals he was beaten by father and abandoned by mother 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z I have been asking all the people I meet in Mecca what they’ll be praying for on Mount Arafat: Mysteries of the Hajj: What’s in the Kaaba and Where to Find Bathrooms 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z All two million pilgrims are to visit Arafat on the second day of the hajj, before traveling to Muzdalifah, on the way to Mina, to pray and sleep. What Muslims Do on Hajj, and Why 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The families contended that late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and his agents routinely arranged for payments to attackers and to families of attackers who died. U.S. court voids $655 million verdict against PLO over Israel attacks 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In a case last year in New York state, court papers documented online praise for Adnani by a defendant, Arafat Nagi, who was charged with trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist group. Key Islamic State official killed in Syria, group says 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z These and many other attempts not only failed and not only caused Israel much embarrassment; they also increased Arafat’s popularity, as he told the tales of his miraculous escapes. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Right before we had to leave Arafat, I remembered Mum making me promise to pray for a husband, and so I did. Mysteries of the Hajj: What’s in the Kaaba and Where to Find Bathrooms 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Upon her return to Japan, she put her language skills to work, interviewing Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, before becoming a news anchor. She’s a renegade conservative. Now she’s running Tokyo. 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z As we walked across campus, he described how a Tufts student called him and two other activists “terrorists” because they were wearing kaffiyehs, the iconic symbol of Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization leader. The Middle East Conflict on Campus 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z “Israel wants normalisation and political ties with the Arab states, and to achieve this without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” says Elias Zananiri of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the movement once led by Yasser Arafat. The enemy of my enemies 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, the C.I.A. had cultivated Arafat through a back channel, an effort with support at the highest levels. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z A. In my college days, Yasser Arafat; now, a wildebeest with a double chin. It’s time the pop-up Olympics found a permanent home 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The invitations to Arafat and Barak had already been issued, so the briefing really was a formality. Why U.S. diplomacy can’t fix the Middle East 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z They first trained together under Fatah, Yasir Arafat’s wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Demise of Hezbollah’s Untraceable Ghost 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z In December 2000, when Arafat was offered 97 percent of the West Bank and continuity with Gaza, he steadfastly refused. Are Jewish settlements legitimate? 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Arafat understood that it was not a coincidence that bombs were repeatedly falling on places he was about to enter or had just left, and he kept breaking his routine. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The families claimed late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and his agents routinely arranged for attackers to be paid and made payments to families of attackers who died. Palestinian Authority, PLO appeal U.S. terror support verdict 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z And there in the gloom sat a self-satisfied Arafat, his black machine gun ominously displayed on the table, holding forth about how he’d be rather be martyred than surrender to Israel’s diktats. Why U.S. diplomacy can’t fix the Middle East 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z In September 2000, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who had recently met with U.S. The Moral Vacuum at the Heart of Palestine 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He next showed up in Lebanon, where he offered his services to Yasser Arafat and the PLO. Frank Terpil: merchant of death, friend of Idi Amin and confidant of dictators 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z But Arafat suspected that Mossad might be keeping tabs on Avnery. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z In 1993 he launched the Oslo peace process, shaking hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. Israel’s Options in a Chaotic Middle East 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Even in their stewardship of the Oslo Accords, they fought over how exactly to negotiate, with Peres favoring talks with then-Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat—who he and most Israelis considered a terrorist. A Conversation With Israel's Shimon Peres 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Arafat was angry over Mr. Sadr’s opposition to Palestinian guerrilla bases near Lebanon’s border with Israel. The Shah of Iran, the Islamic Revolution and the Mystery of the Missing Imam 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat laid the hotel cornerstone in 1998. Weeks of violence dampen Christmas spirit at Bethlehem hotel 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z “Arafat was saved by two things,” he said. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The Nato plane left Romania late on Sunday to transport 12 burns victims to the UK and Norway, Emergencies Minister Raed Arafat said. Romania nightclub fire: Nato flies victims to UK and Norway - BBC News 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Clinton helped to finalize an interim deal which Rabin and Arafat attempted to seal with a famous handshake at the White House, with Clinton standing proudly beside them, on Sept. 13, 1993. Rabin's Death a Personal Loss for Bill Clinton 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z He was forging an unlikely understanding with Yasser Arafat, his detested old enemy. Did Rabin assassination kill the best chance for peace? - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z In his memoirs, Clinton confirms that Arafat’s intransigence ended Oslo, with the master terrorist attacking Israel rather than building a Palestinian state. The Murder That Shook Israel 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Sharon’s team now realized, though, that an open assassination would only make Arafat a martyr. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The club is suspected of not being authorised to hold concerts or to stage pyrotechnic displays, Interior Ministry Secretary of State Raed Arafat is quoted as saying. Bucharest nightclub fire: Three owners arrested - BBC News 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z His key role in the first Israeli-Palestinian peace accord earned him a Nobel Peace Prize — along with Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat — and stature abroad as a revered statesman. AP Interview: Shimon Peres says without Palestinian state Israel faces prospect of eternal war 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Of those, 90 are in serious condition, said Raed Arafat, an emergency situations official. Romanian Nightclub Fire Death Toll Could Rise Significantly 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Over 140 people are still hospitalized around the Romanian capital and 90 of them are in serious condition, said Raed Arafat, an emergency situations official. Romania: Nightclub death toll to rise ‘significantly’ 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z And then, suddenly, Arafat, the man who had managed to elude death so many times, succumbed to a mysterious infection that led to a stroke. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It was the legendary handshake between Rabin and Arafat on the front lawn of the White House that encapsulated the hopes of many on the Israeli left. In Tel Aviv, Bill Clinton marks 20 years since Rabin assassination 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z "Unfortunately, the death toll may change taking into account the severity of their injuries," Arafat said after an emergency meeting early on Saturday. Romanian nightclub fire kills 27, national mourning declared 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The victims were admitted to 10 hospitals in Bucharest, said Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat. Romanian nightclub fire leaves 27 dead, 155 injured 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The death toll may still climb at the club, which hosted a rock concert attended by up to 400, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said. At least 26 die in Bucharest nightclub fire 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z I would think more Israelis died because of Arafat than Americans because of Bin Laden so I think we should apply a similar ethical lense. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said the death toll may still climb at the club, which hosted a rock concert attended by up to 400. Bucharest Nightclub Blast Leaves 25 Dead 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z In September 1993, Rabin signed the Oslo agreement with the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, with President Bill Clinton watching their famously hesitant handshake on the White House lawn. Anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's murder stirs what-ifs amid violence 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z It continued with the fedayeen Palestinian militants in the 1950s and ’60s, and evolved into the terrorism of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Fatah under Yasser Arafat and now Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas: ‘We Welcome Every Drop of Blood Spilled in Jerusalem’ 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In a photograph from that day of Rabin and Arafat shaking hands in front of President Bill Clinton, Arafat, whom the White House regarded as a terrorist for most of his career, seems overjoyed. The Assassination that Killed Peace in Israel 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z However very little is know about how Arafat died. How Arafat Eluded Israel’s Assassination Machine 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Arafat said a 40-year-old man died after medical staff were unable to resuscitate him. 2 die in parachute jump in Romania after getting tangled up; instructor hospitalized 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z He played politics and worked with an isolated, corrupt Arafat. Anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's murder stirs what-ifs amid violence 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization leader, addressed the General Assembly for the first time on Nov. 13, 1974, becoming the first representative of a non-member organization to speak to the world body. From Castro to Khrushchev to Gadhafi: 6 historic moments at the UN General Assembly 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Rabin and Arafat now saw themselves as partners in a perilous endeavor. The Assassination that Killed Peace in Israel 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Dayan, Weizman and Arafat are long dead and a lasting agreement seems almost as remote today as it did on the day when Israel's tanks rumbled into Nablus back in 1967. The friendship that grew out of war - BBC News 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The thousands of worshippers who arrive on the plain of Arafat and at other sites pose significant logistical challenges. Deaths Near Mecca Reflect Dangers of Rising Crowds During Hajj 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Some two million Muslims massed at Mount Arafat, outside of Mecca, for the pinnacle of the annual hajj. Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z As the day progressed, pilgrims made their way to the Arafat valley's Namira mosque, following the path of the Prophet Muhammad in offering midday and late afternoon prayers. AP PHOTOS: Full of emotion, Muslims from around the world gather in valley for peak of hajj 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Whereas Rabin had once mistrusted Arafat, he now believed Arafat’s claims, buttressed by the Israeli intelligence services, that he was unable to stop Hamas. The Assassination that Killed Peace in Israel 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The main day of hajj this year falls on Wednesday, when between 2 to 3 million pilgrims gather in a valley called Arafat, packed shoulder to shoulder in prayer and supplication. More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia embark on first rites of the hajj 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Over the years, Hamas succeeded in positioning itself as an alternative to the corrupt, inefficient, and largely discredited leadership of Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Republican Candidates’ Guide to the Middle East 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Suha Arafat called for her late husband’s body to be exhumed in 2012, after an investigation found high levels of polonium in his personal effects. Yasser Arafat Wasn't Poisoned, French Prosecutors Say 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Arafat was diagnosed with a serious blood disorder and died of a stroke on 8 November 2004. Arafat poisoning inquiry dropped by French prosecutors - BBC News 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Arafat died aged 75, in Percy military hospital near Paris in November 2004, after developing stomach pains while at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. France closes Yasser Arafat murder investigation with no charges brought 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z It is at Arafat where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon some 1,400 years ago, calling for equality and unity among Muslims. More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia embark on first rites of the hajj 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Attorney Jeremy Schwartz made the request as Arafat Nagi, 44, pleaded not guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with attempting to provide material support, resources and personnel — himself — to a terrorist organization. Lawyer questions competency of New York man accused of trying to support Islamic State group 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Arafat Nagi, 42, of Lackawanna, New York, was charged on Wednesday with attempting to materially aid Islamic State and stash military gear and weapons. New York man charged with supporting Islamic State denied bail 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Suha Arafat then called for her late husband's body to be exhumed. Arafat poisoning inquiry dropped by French prosecutors - BBC News 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Attorney William Hochul said at a news conference Wednesday morning in Buffalo that authorities were tipped off by a resident who heard Arafat Nagi talking about his jihadi beliefs. New York Man Arrested for Attempting to Join ISIS 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In late 2013, a French medical report dismissed the possibility that Mr. Arafat was poisoned after analyzing remains exhumed from his grave in November 2012. French Prosecutor Calls for End to Arafat Murder Inquiry 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Arafat died at the Percy military hospital in Paris, weeks after falling ill at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Yasser Arafat: French prosecutor seeks end to murder inquiry - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Initially, the aspiring doctors were delighted to receive the scholarships named for Arafat, the late chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. AP Exclusive: Palestinians quit medical study in Venezuela 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Ugandan trader Arafat Jalai buys much of the stock for his suitcase shop from the Chinese — even as he competes with a Chinese-owned store across from his own. Chinese retail spreads in Uganda amid local jealousy 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Arafat said the group is working with Avera because of the health system’s wide experience with remotely delivered health care services. NATO working with South Dakota telemedicine hub 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z “Maybe this way?” said the 77-year-old former adviser to Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and the first minister of foreign affairs for the Palestinian Authority. Onetime Palestinian peace negotiator goes home to Jaffa — but just for a day 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The next month a court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre launched a murder inquiry following the deposition of a civil suit by Suha Arafat. Yasser Arafat: French prosecutor seeks end to murder inquiry - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He also wanted to secure the release of Yasser Arafat from his confinement by the Israelis in Ramallah, along with a list of other items. Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Why the Saudi King Snubbed Obama 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Netanyahu refused to rein in fanatics among his supporters who carried signs portraying Rabin as a Nazi or wearing, à la Arafat, a kaffiyeh. Netanyahu Plays the Race Card 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z He was also, as it turned out, the iconic and controversial father of the Palestinian nationalist movement, Yasir Arafat. In One-Woman Show, Protégée of Arafat Offers an Ironic Take on a Conflict 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z There was a time when Arafat commanded the Palestinian movement the way Gaddafi commanded Libya. No peace in our time 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The French findings echoed those of the Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency, which said in December 2013 that Arafat "died not from the effects of radiation but of natural causes". Yasser Arafat: French prosecutor seeks end to murder inquiry - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Arafat was dismissed based on an Israeli decision and with the help of Palestinian pawns. Concerns Rise Over Plots to Oust Abbas 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He said the allegation that Arafat feared a takeover by Abbas was “not even worth a reaction.” Exiled in Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Dahlan Dreams of Gaza 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Arafat then virtually adopted her and her sisters, lavishing them with gifts as the daughters of a “martyr.” In One-Woman Show, Protégée of Arafat Offers an Ironic Take on a Conflict 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z They claimed that the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat and his agents routinely arranged for attackers to be paid, kept them on Palestinian payrolls and made payments to families of attackers who died. Manhattan jury finds Palestinian Authority liable for terrorist attacks 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Despite the Russian and French findings, a Palestinian investigative committee declared that it was certain that Arafat was "killed and that Israel killed him". Yasser Arafat: French prosecutor seeks end to murder inquiry - BBC News 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He is afraid to see the scenario of Yasser Arafat repeated. Concerns Rise Over Plots to Oust Abbas 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z They claimed late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and his agents routinely arranged for attackers to be paid, kept them on Palestinian payrolls and made payments to families of attackers who died. U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $218.5 million 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z As an adult, she worked as Mr. Arafat’s press secretary. In One-Woman Show, Protégée of Arafat Offers an Ironic Take on a Conflict 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Yalowitz said the late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and his agents regularly approved payments supporting attackers, allowing authority employees who committed attacks to stay on payroll and making payments to families of ones who died. Victims of Israel attacks seek $350 million as PLO trial in New York ends 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z President Bill Clinton, whose most frequent foreign visitor at the White House was Yasser Arafat, was still trying to craft an agreement between Israel and the PLO. The Most Dangerous Ground in the Middle East 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Ali, whose work was characterized by the image of young boy called Handala, was highly critical of Arab politicians, including the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. 7 cartoonists who have faced violence and threats for their work 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Back when the Clinton White House was preparing to welcome Yitzhak Rabin and Yassir Arafat for their historic handshake, a Clinton speechwriter called Professor Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of Islam. Terrorist Attack In Paris Proves We Must Defeat The Islamist Jihadists 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Palestinian militants led by Mr. Arafat planned attacks on Israel from Beirut; Islamist movements like Hamas and Hezbollah did not yet exist; nor did the Palestinian Authority. In One-Woman Show, Protégée of Arafat Offers an Ironic Take on a Conflict 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z I was in Gaza when euphoria erupted at news that Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime minster, and Yasser Arafat, the PLO leader, shook hands on Bill Clinton’s White House lawn in 1993. Gaza: One War, One Family. Five Children, Four Dead In the letter Putin also encouraged Arafat to negotiate peacefully with Israel, rather than unilaterally declare independence. Putin Promises Continued Support for Palestinian Statehood “We will not allow our holy places to be contaminated,” Mr. Abbas declared at the 10th anniversary commemoration of the death of his predecessor, Yasir Arafat. A Leaderless Palestinian Revolt Proves More Difficult to Curb 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Abbas' remarks — at a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat — came as Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian demonstrator in clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday. Palestinian leader accuses Israel of religious war 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Speaking in Ramallah at a ceremony saluting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died 10 years ago, Abbas said Muslims and Christians would “never accept” Israel’s claim to all of Jerusalem. Israel beefs up security in wake of stabbings; Palestinian dies 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of inciting a "religious war" while speaking at a ceremony in Ramallah on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. Palestinian 'shot dead in Hebron' 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Abbas, who inherited the leadership of the Fatah faction from Mr. Arafat, used his speech to criticize Hamas, the Islamist movement that dominates Gaza. Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank Clash 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Another explosion targeted the main stage set up in Gaza for a rally commemorating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died 10 years ago. Gaza bombings stir tension between Fatah and Hamas 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z A stage set up to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was also reportedly targeted. Palestinian PM cancels Gaza visit 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The ensuing years of violence were directed by the Palestinian Authority president, Yasir Arafat. Few See New Palestinian Intifada in Jerusalem Unrest 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Israelis ask themselves, What concession have the Palestinians made since Yasser Arafat's original recognition of Israel's existence? Tel Aviv Diary: Why Are Israelis Dazed and Confused? The pilgrims will leave Mount Arafat around sunset, to collect pebbles to be used in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Saturday. In Saudi Arabia, Muslims pray on climax of hajj 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Several Fatah members said the explosions were meant to sabotage the Arafat memorial scheduled for Tuesday. Gaza bombings stir tension between Fatah and Hamas 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Arafat, Abass’s predecessor, was long considered a terrorist by the United States until he became Israel’s peace partner in the early 1990s. Abbas: Let the UN Fix a Timetable for Israel’s Withdrawal In 1974, Arafat famously told the General Assembly he brought "an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun" to the gathering and warned, "Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand." Palestinian Bodyguards, U.N. Security Tussle on First Day of General Assembly We shouldn't turn a blind eye, anymore than we should have funded Arafat's years of corruption and duplicity or openly greenlight, say, an Israeli re-annexation of Gaza and mass expulsion of Palestinians. Shiite Militias Pose Challenge for U.S. in Iraq 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z In this way, secular Palestinians accept Hamas, preferring Islamist oppression to the corruption of secular rulers like Yasser Arafat. Mideast complexities confound US coalition effort 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z His profile photo was not of himself, but of PLO leader Arafat. The Media Intifada: Bad Math, Ugly Truths About New York Times In Israel-Hamas War 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Again Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat refused and made no counteroffer, making clear he was not serious about a deal. Anti-Semitic History Is Greatest Obstacle to Peace for Israel, Palestinians 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Abbas's speech was similar in content and character to his 2013 address to the General Assembly, though much less incendiary than those made by his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. Palestinian Bodyguards, U.N. Security Tussle on First Day of General Assembly Today, the arrivals and departures terminal at Arafat International, designed by Moroccan architects to resemble the facility at Casablanca, is barely standing. At talks in Cairo, Hamas wants Israel to allow Gaza airport and seaport Of course, less than a decade after Oslo, Yasser Arafat initiated another campaign of terrorism after undermining final status negotiations with Ehud Barak. Jimmy Carter Calls For Recognizing Hamas "Legitimacy" 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z And he held Arafat responsible for all the ensuing deaths of Israelis and Palestinians. The Media Intifada: Bad Math, Ugly Truths About New York Times In Israel-Hamas War 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In December 2000 an even sweeter deal was offered, the so-called Clinton parameters, and Arafat walked again. Anti-Semitic History Is Greatest Obstacle to Peace for Israel, Palestinians 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It even made peace with Arafat before finally withdrawing, in 2000, under pressure from Hezbollah. Another Siege: Israel’s War on the P.L.O. 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Tunisia hosted the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat for 12 years, and Israel bombed the Palestine Liberation Organization’s headquarters near Tunis in 1985. Buffeted by Tumult, Jewish Population in Tunisia Dwindles 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Abbas, the former top aide to Palestinian terror mastermind Yasser Arafat, is now partnering with a terrorist group that remains dedicated to Israel’s destruction. Fatah-Hamas Unity Puts Lie to U.S. Middle East Peace Efforts 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Without getting deep into Arafat’s long and illustrious career as a terror leader, let’s just focus on a statement he made in 2002 that’s highly relevant for today’s Gaza conflict. The Media Intifada: Bad Math, Ugly Truths About New York Times In Israel-Hamas War 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In The Good Spy, biographer Kai Bird says the strong friendship Ames cultivated with Yasser Arafat's intelligence chief helped lay the groundwork for the negotiations which culminated in the Oslo Peace Accords of 1993. Was a spy the key to Mid-East peace? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The P.L.O. was badly battered; Arafat and three-fourths of his fighters were forced into exile. Another Siege: Israel’s War on the P.L.O. 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z And “#1 with the beard” was none other than the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. A CIA agent sympathetic to the Palestinian cause Attorney Jordan Kushner served as standby counsel for Arafat during the proceedings and said after the sentencing that he was not authorized to comment on the case. Minnesota 'man in black' bank robber gets 14 years in prison 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z After all, what was the Oslo Accord — the difficult handshake between Yasir Arafat and Mr. Rabin on the White House lawn — all about, if not mutual recognition. Op-Ed Contributor: Bibi’s Big PR Stunt 2014-05-12T10:15:07Z U.S. secretary of state at the time, George Schultz, said Arafat was denied entry because he condoned terrorist attacks on Americans. Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy 2014-04-15T01:29:33Z In 1988 Washington denied a visa for Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, who wanted to address a U.N. debate on Palestine. Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy 2014-04-14T21:16:49Z In the most high-profile similar case, the US refused a visa to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to speak at the UN in 1998. Iran anger over US visa refusal 2014-04-12T07:50:33Z The Presidential Guards were established under the late Yasser Arafat, the globe-trotting Palestinian leader. First Women Joining Palestinian Commando Unit 2014-04-07T07:46:06Z And I don’t hear any questions about these outrageous actions by the Palestinian Authority, showing clearly they don’t support Israel to exist even within any borders, and they praise and honor terrorists like Arafat. “Rude, dismissive and brusk!” Why Zionist leader Mort Klein is still fuming at Christie (and us) 2014-04-04T12:30:00Z In 1988, Washington denied a visa for Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, who wanted to address a U.N. debate on Palestine. Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy 2014-04-15T01:29:33Z U.S. secretary of state at the time George Schultz said Arafat was denied entry because he condoned terrorist attacks on Americans. Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy 2014-04-14T21:16:49Z He added that he would also "unveil the lies" surrounding the death of Arafat, calling it "the most important and most dangerous issue of our modern history." Palestinian leader lashes out at rival, political tensions flare 2014-03-13T14:18:10Z Arafat spent most of his life in exile but returned to the Palestinian territories in 1994, as part of interim peace deals with Israel, and set up a self-rule government. First Women Joining Palestinian Commando Unit 2014-04-07T07:46:06Z “You wouldn’t have apologetics for Arafat, but there was criticism of Israel.” A Bastion for Israel, Seething Inside 2014-03-01T02:20:28Z Arafat, he says, wanted peace "but couldn't deliver - there were 13 groups around him, he was dividing and ruling". Political Lives: David Abrahams 2014-02-17T07:42:35Z The Palestinian official who headed Yasser Arafat’s security force at the start of the Second Intifada is warning that armed conflict may well follow the failure of current peace talks with Israel. Palestinian Official Warns of Violence If Peace Talks Fail 2014-02-11T21:50:29Z There was deep distrust between him and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, pictured here at the Wye River talks. Ariel Sharon: Life in pictures 2014-01-11T12:31:34Z He also confined Arafat to his West Bank headquarters in his final years before allowing the longtime Palestinian leader to fly to France in late 2004 shortly before his death. Ariel Sharon dies after 8 year coma 2014-01-12T14:40:00Z Mr. Arafat was besieged in his compound in Ramallah, in the West Bank, where he remained isolated until illness overtook him, and he died in 2004. Former Israeli Leader Ariel Sharon Dies 2014-01-11T13:13:42Z |
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