Yasser Arafat

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

Turkey and Qatar were absolutely capable of “convincing” Hamas of its hopeless situation, but Hamas, Turkey, and Qatar wanted a repeat of Beirut 1982.

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.
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

YITZHAK RABIN and Yasser Arafat, under the gaze of then-US president Bill Clinton, sign a peace protocol on the White House lawn in 1993.

Arafat's nephew returns to West Bank with plan for post-war Gaza

Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages. Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Hamas must not win the peace with Israel - opinion


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.

People rally in front of the United Nations headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza Now" protest amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, July 25, 2025.

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.

PLO CHAIRMAN Yasser Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in Geneva in 1988.

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.

 Screenshot of the incident of settler violence in Qusra from 21 June 2024.

How the keffiyeh has been co-opted and weaponized - opinion

The keffiyeh is now worn as a symbol of violence, terror, incitement, and antisemitism.

 A STATUE of George Washington is tied with a Palestinian flag and keffiyeh at George Washington University in Washington last year. The keffiyeh is consistently employed as a symbol of revolt, incitement, and terror, says the writer.

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.”

 Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and Jason Greenblatt, Senior Director for Arab-Israeli Diplomacy at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

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. 

 Suha Arafat, wife of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, speaks during an interview with English-language satellite news channel Al Jazeera in Doha November 6, 2013.

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.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin greets Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, in October. If you want to know what Abbas really thinks about Israel, peace, and terrorism, just read his eulogy for Fuad Shubaki, says the writer.

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.

Illustrative image of former US president Bill Clinton.

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.

THEN-PALESTINIAN Authority head and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat gestures during a speech in Ramallah, 2004.

We must confront forces of destruction with all our power - opinion

In a reflection on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the writer delves into the numerous peace initiatives that have been proposed and consistently rejected by Arab and Palestinian leaders.

 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shakes hands with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as US president Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993.

The Palestinian Authority's diplomatic war continues - editorial

The upcoming UN General Assembly resolution on Israel, expected to pass, reflects the ongoing international bias against Israel and the Palestinians' strategy of pursuing symbolic victories.

Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine to the UN, Riyad Mansour attends a United Nations Security Council meeting about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 4, 2024.