Palestinian Authority President. Creating a Palestinian state has been a dream of Yasser Arafat's since he was a Palestinian ...

A Swiss forensic team has declared that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was practically bursting at the seams with polonium when he died in 2004, adding to fuel to the fire of long-running ...

The latest Intifada has led to violence and misery with no end in sight. Many Palestinians themselves blame Yasser Arafat, accusing the Palestinian Authority of being corrupt and authoritarian. Yet, ...

For a Jew, visiting the Yasser Arafat Museum in Ramallah is an unsettling experience. Arafat, who would have turned 90 this year, is the closest thing Palestinians have to a Founding Father — their ...

In the same building where Zionism moved from idea to organized political movement, now hangs a framed photograph with Yasser ...

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With all the important news going on in the Middle East this past week, Al Jazeera took time out to remind its audience that Yasser Arafat is still dead. It has been nine years since the Palestinian ...

Twelve years after Yasser Arafat died under mysterious circumstances, a museum in his honor —complete with a gift shop hawking replicas of his signature keffiyeh — opened Thursday in the West Bank.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Suha Arafat poses in front of a portrait of her late husband Yasser Arafat ...

The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college, Arafat ...

There's a new museum in the West Bank dedicated to an iconic and controversial world figure: the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Visitors can get a peek at Arafat memorabilia and walk through ...