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


Hamas-Fatah reconciliation

The Jerusalem Post

La mort de Fidel Castro : jusqu’à la victoire, finalement

Le soutien historique du Líder Máximo à certaines causes, notamment celle des Palestiniens, lui offre aujourd’hui une sorte de victoire posthume

Fidel Castro signe le registre de condoléances de Yasser Arafat

Palestinian Authority media: Israel and Palestinians killed Arafat

Jordanian journalist hints Dahlan played role in 2004 death of PA President.

Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat waves as he is briefly lifted on the shoulders of Palestinian police moments after entering the Gaza Strip in 1994

Palestinian leadership tensions flare amid Arafat death anniversary

Abbas said he knew who was behind Arafat's death and that an investigating panel would soon reveal its findings.

Yasser Arafat

Arafat Museum unveiled in Ramallah

While many Palestinians hail Arafat as the father of Palestinian nationalism, others, including many Israelis, believe he has blood on his hands.

Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Coming full circle on 9/11

Was the Koran behind such evil, or was it hijacked, like the planes-turned-bombs? Were all Muslims to be held accountable for the act of a few radicals, or would they join in the fight to root out their bad seeds?

A MAINTENANCE worker wipes off early morning dew at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial in Washington DC. (

Arafat is not a hero

Arafat has been dead for almost 12 years now, but his legacy is very much alive. So long as it is, the dream of peace will remain a distant illusion.

An armed man walks past a graffiti depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Lebanon's southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh

Donald Trump’s worldview

In Donald Trump’s worldview, America was attacked because it is a Christian nation, and Israel is attacked because it is a Jewish nation.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington

Arab MK claims Israel 'murdered' Yasser Arafat

Many Palestinians continue to believe that Arafat was poisoned by Israel because he was an obstacle to peace. Israel has denied any involvement.

Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Arafat's nephew makes his move to succeed Abbas

Nasser al-Qudwa first rose to the upper echelons of the Palestinian leadership when he served as PLO ambassador to United Nations in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Nasser al-Qudwa