Yasser Arafat
Trump’s Gaza peace plan officially entering Phase II, Witkoff announces
The interim governing body for Gaza will have 15 members, according to Witkoff, though their names have not been confirmed. It remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed as required by the plan.
Palestinians must renounce culture of deception for real peace with Israel - opinion
Gaza today is repeat of 1982 Beirut: Washington is legitimizing Hamas just like the PLO - opinion
On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers
Arafat's nephew returns to West Bank with plan for post-war Gaza
Nasser al-Qudwa's plan hinges on Palestinian Authority reforms and Hamas peacefully transforming into a non-violent political faction.
Hamas must not win the peace with Israel - opinion
'There isn’t a more profitable undertaking,' the prime minister says, 'than to declare war on the United States and to be defeated' – Peter Sellers in 'The Mouse That Roared.'
Malta to formally recognize Palestinian state at UN assembly, PM says
The wife of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lived on the island for several years.
Israel cannot ignore global shifts on Palestinian statehood - opinion
Anyone who assumes that Israel – or any country – can act as it wishes without consequences would do well to look at the situation through the eyes of others, recall precedents, and reflect.
Dangerous, self-destructive anarchy: Why hilltop youth violence must end - opinion
The assumption that elements within the “hilltop youth” are engaged in a most important project does not give them the right to act in spheres that must be left to the state and its agencies.
How the keffiyeh has been co-opted and weaponized - opinion
The keffiyeh is now worn as a symbol of violence, terror, incitement, and antisemitism.
Dan Diker, Jason Greenblatt: Giving Arafat Nobel Prize harmed Israel’s fight against terror
"Oslo, in our view, was one of the greatest strategic catastrophes, maybe the greatest strategic catastrophe since the founding of the State of Israel.”
Yasser Arafat's widow helped facilitate channel between Hamas, US to free Edan Alexander - report
Boehler said in March that US meetings with Hamas were "very helpful," and that he did not rule out additional encounters with the Palestinian terror group.
Mahmoud Abbas reveals his true colors - opinion
If Abbas wanted peace, he would have said that Shubaki was wrong to participate in terror attacks, serve as a terrorist leader, or purchase tons of weapons.
October 7 gave Netanyahu's 'fragile' government a lifeline, Bill Clinton suggests
Clinton also defended the possibility of a future Jewish president of the United States.
Yasser Arafat’s legacy: The death of Palestinian statehood - analysis
In many ways, the failure of the Palestinian cause in the last two decades is a result of the decisions of Arafat during the ten years he presided over the Palestinian Authority.