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.

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks at the weekly rally at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2025.
 THE FAMOUS handshake: Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin seals the deal with PLO leader Yasser Arafat as US president Bill Clinton admires his handiwork, at the White House upon the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993.

Palestinians must renounce culture of deception for real peace with Israel - opinion

US SPECIAL ENVOY to the Middle East Steve Witkoff: It is clear that the legitimization of Hamas as a serious and recognized negotiating partner is underway and perhaps has already been completed, the writer charges.

Gaza today is repeat of 1982 Beirut: Washington is legitimizing Hamas just like the PLO - opinion

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers


What these Arab towns have in common - opinion

Terrorists running free, a PA that ignores its Oslo obligations to arrest them, and an international community that chooses to look away.

 AN IDF soldier stands guard, south of Nablus, last week. PA towns are still filled with terrorists, forcing Israel to send its soldiers there to capture them.

Letters to the Editor, December 05, 2022: Witness to the atrocities

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Yasser Arafat thought Mahmoud Abbas was plotting to get rid of him - leaks

The documents consist mostly of the testimonies of senior Palestinian officials who appeared before the special commission set up by the PA to investigate the circumstances around Arafat's death

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures beneath a poster of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Does this youth group teach Palestinian nationalism, visit Arafat tomb?

The Jerusalem Post found on social media almost two dozen instances of Palestinian nationalism and Land Day and Nakba Day commemorations by the movement’s youth group and other programs

 AJEEC participant waving a Palestinian flag at a demonstration.

Polish delegation to Palestinian territories pays tribute to Arafat

Multiple members of the delegation referred to Israel as an apartheid state.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Polish President Andrzej Duda review the honour guard in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 18, 2017.

Arafat's widow endorses model Bella Hadid for US Congress

"Bella should be a leader – she has to go for elections in the American Congress," said Suha Arafat, widow of the late Yasser Arafat.

Model Bella Hadid attends a rehearsal before the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 collection show by designer Alexandre Vauthier in Paris, France, January 21, 2020.

Christians, Christmas, pre-COVID-19: Things I miss as a tour guide

I miss the Christians, and I miss Christmas - in Israel, before COVID-19 closures, before the Oslo Accords.

 ‘I SPENT many a Christmas Eve in Bethlehem’s Manger Square’: Taking a selfie there on a previous holiday; illustrative.

Yasser Arafat’s nephew: PA ‘tearing up’ legacy institution

Nasser al-Kidwa, a nephew of the former PLO leader Yasser Arafat, said on Monday that the Palestinian Authority leadership is working to destroy his uncle's legacy and heritage.

A woman passes a poster depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, Beirut

Kaare Kristiansen: A man of courage and conscience

He resigned from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee – a very prestigious post – because on December 8, 1994, a decision was made to award it to the world leaders signed on the Oslo Accords.

 TRUE COURAGE: The writer with Kaare Kristiansen, 1994.

Pro-Israel NGO condemns PA Olympic chair for sports boycott of Israel

Palestinian Media Watch submitted a complaint to the International Olympic Committee against Jibril Rajoub for praising boycotts of Israel at the Tokyo Olympics.

HEAD OF the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub waves as he welcomes Saudi Football Federation chief Yasser Almisehal in Ramallah last year.