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


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."

Sigrid Kaag, Dutch activist for Palestinian rights and nominee for the second-most powerful Cabinet post in the Dutch Foreign Ministry.

Le jour où Arafat a été démasqué

Un ouvrage dévoile les dessous opérationnels et diplomatiques de la prise d’assaut du navire Karine A qui a permis de dévoiler le vrai visage du leader palestinien

Une partie du stock d'armes trouvé sur le Karine A

The 'victory' that changed the Middle East

The psychological impact of the early losses in the Yom Kippur War remain in the Israeli psyche until this day.

The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background as a man waves a Palestinian flag upon entering the Temple Mount, after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at the compound, in Jerusalem's Old City July 27, 2017.

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.

The Karine A in the Red Sea after the Israeli navy seized the ship carrying 50 tons of weapons and explosives

Know comment: Abbas's appalling record

When critics of the Oslo process brought up evidence of Arafat’s actions they were dismissed as enemies of peace.

Mahmoud Abbas

How the Soviet Union helped terrorism go global

Soviet aid to terrorist organizations was a staple of Moscow’s strategy against the West and its allies during the Cold War.

A HISTORIC poster of Vladimir Lenin on display in St. Petersburg

Israel’s surrender on the Temple Mount

A comparison between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to open the Western Wall tunnels in 1996 and the 2017 Temple Mount crisis.

Netanyahu at Western Wall

The Hamlet of the Palestinians

A biography of Mahmoud Abbas attempts to show how this believer in peace achieved power but was frustrated in his goals

Abbas gestures during a speech in Ramallah last year marking the 12th anniversary of terrorist leader Yasser Arafat’s death

50 ans de plans de paix

Comment découper une terre convoitée ? Retour sur les initiatives de partage restées lettre morte en dépit de l’imagination des politiques

Sadate, Carter et Begin en 1978

Comment: Israel’s alt-right ramps up the pressure on Trump

Failure to move US embassy to Jerusalem may put loyalties to the test.

A policeman arrests Israeli right-wing activist Itamar Ben Gvir during a 'Peace Now' demonstration in Jerusalem