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Yasser Arafat

  • Yasser Arafat in 1968 at the then PLO head quarters.

    Report: Saudis helped assassinate Arafat, former aide says

    The report claimed that Sharon decided to eliminate Arafat because it would be the best way to stop the Palestinian resistance.

  • Oslo Accords

    On This Day: 25 years ago today, the Oslo Accords were completed

    The unprecedented agreement was later signed in an official ceremony by prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat on September 13 of that year.

  • Nasser al-Qudwa

    In rare act of dissent, Arafat’s nephew resigns from Fatah Central Committee

    Fatah vice chairman said Qudwa’s resignation was rejected.

  • Yasser Arafat at the UN General Assembly, November 11, 2001.

    Renowned scientists debunk myth Arafat was poisoned

    Belgian scientist Roth may have laid to rest claim that Arafat was poisoned by Israel once and for all, but it seems we are likely to see the myth continue to live on in the Arab world.

    By YOCHANAN VISSER

  • Then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) and kisses Suha Arafat, wife of Yasser Arafat

    As first lady, Hillary was a prized Jewish keynoter - until she kissed Suha Arafat

    Last week, Hillary Clinton formally announced she would run once more for president.

    By JTA

  • A PALESTINIAN demonstrator hurls a stone as an Israeli truck fires a water cannon during clashes.

    Support for the Oslo peace accord’s principles at all-time low

    When the Peace Index asked “Do you support or not support at present the signing of a peace agreement based on the formula of two states for two peoples?” – only 47% of Israeli Jews said yes.

    By GIL HOFFMAN

  • Oslo

    On This Day: The signing of the Oslo accords, 25 years ago

    Rabin, Arafat, and then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a result.

    By JULIANE HELMHOLD

  • Warrior for Peace: Uri Avnery passes away at 94

    Avnery suffered a stroke in the second week of August this year, and died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, just three weeks prior to his 95th birthday.

    By GREER FAY CASHMAN

  • Uri Avnery

    Peace activist suffers debilitating stroke

    Since leaving the Knesset in 1981, Avnery wrote several books and continued to be active in Israel’s peace movement. He famously met with Yasser Arafat in 1982 during the First Lebanon War.

    By AMY SPIRO

  • Sigrid Kaag, Dutch activist for Palestinian rights and nominee for the second-most powerful Cabinet

    Holland’s deputy foreign minister accuses Netanyahu of racism

    The foreign minister, who is married to a PLO member, spoke out against the Israeli prime minister on several occasions, blaming him of uttering "racist soundbites."

    By JTA,JPOST.COM STAFF

  • Karine A in the Red Sea after Israel

    When Israeli intel, CIA caught mega-arms boat and changed history

    Retired brigadier general Amos Gilboa reveals secret story of cooperation between Israeli intelligence and CIA in history-changing capture of Karin A mega-arms ship.

    By YONAH JEREMY BOB

  • Ahmed Tibi

    MK Tibi uses Palestinian embassy to set up Bucharest trip, angering Israel

    Foreign Ministry officials have been updated in recent days by their counterparts in Romania regarding Tibi’s anticipated trip.

    By LAHAV HARKOV

  • Yasser Arafat

    Hamas hands over Arafat's Gaza home in goodwill gesture

    The move comes just ahead of the 11-year anniversary of Arafat's death.

    By JPOST.COM STAFF

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