Israeli-Arab lawmaker Tibi hails Arafat at Ramallah rite

Published on November 16, 2011

Israeli-Arab lawmaker Ahmad Tibi at a memorial for Yasser Arafat in Ramallah suggested that the Israeli government will soon "propose a 'death to Arabs' law."

Brazilian president lays wreath at Arafat’s grave

Published on March 17, 2010

Brazil's president laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat's grave after refusing to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl.

President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva met with Palestinian Authority leaders Wednesday in Ramallah.

Clinton Still Can’t Figure Arafat

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 10, 2005

Although he left the White House nearly five years ago, former President Bill Clinton is still deeply concerned about the Middle East and remains puzzled by his last-minute failure to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Letters

Published on August 25, 2005

Letters titled: Real Intelligence, Tisha B'Av's Future, Pullouts Wake, Parent Punchline, Hope in HOUSE, A Scary Ghost Story and Settler Uncertainty.

2004 Takes Some Unexpected Turns

By James D. Besser
Published on December 30, 2004

There's nothing as risky as end-of-year predictions, as 2004 so painfully demonstrated.

Geneva Peace Plan a Win for Arafat

By Arthur Cohn
Published on November 13, 2003

Yasser Arafat is the one who gains the most from the Geneva understandings. The State of Israel is the prime loser.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on May 16, 2002

World Briefs

Questioning Sharon

By Adam Rubin
Published on May 2, 2002

At a time when Israelis are afraid to step on a bus or go to a movie and Jews in Europe face burned synagogues and violent assaults, it is tempting to put aside our differences and criticisms in the name of the time-honored principal of kol Yisra'el 'arevim zeh ba-zeh (all Jews are responsible for one another).

What to Do About Arafat?

By Leslie Susser
Published on April 4, 2002

For months now, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been convinced that the main problem in Israel's relations with the Palestinians is the president of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat.

Can Israel Afford to Eliminate Arafat?

By Avi Davis
Published on April 4, 2002

Burdened with the intrigues of this murderer and terrorist for 40 years, it must now make a crucial final accounting: Is Arafat worth more to them dead or alive?

After Arafat

By David Landau
Published on December 13, 2001

While the world is not yet writing off Arafat, Israelis on all points of the political spectrum seem to feel it is both legitimate and practical to debate the prospect of Arafat's possible -- and perhaps imminent -- removal from power.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on November 1, 2001

World Briefs

Cease-Fire Hangs by Thread

By Gil Sedan
Published on October 4, 2001

The flimsiest of cease-fires continued in name only last week, as Israelis absorbed two brutal terror attacks and struck back at the Palestinians Authority.

Israelis Debate Extent of Arafat’s Control

By Gil Sedan
Published on August 2, 2001

Israeli officials once again are debating whether Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is losing control over his own people.

Arafat Plays the Religion Card

By David Landau
Published on August 2, 2001

The analysts believe Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's immediate aim is to use the "religion card" to convene yet another Arab summit meeting.

Arabs Against Arafat

By Larry Derfner
Published on June 21, 2001

With a slight break in the action and a flurry of would-be peacemaking since the Tel Aviv discotheque bombing, a reality check on the Palestinians -- the regular people, not the politicians -- shows that a pall has come over them. They are deeply ensnared by a Catch-22.

Sharon Champions Restraint

By David Landau
Published on June 21, 2001

After Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Fatah Party took credit for murdering two Israelis this week in drive-by shootings, Sharon found himself under intense pressure from his right wing to stop complying with Israel's end of the cease-fire and to unleash a punishing -- perhaps even mortal -- blow to Arafat's Palestinian Authority.

Increased Insecurity

By Eric Silver
Published on March 29, 2001

The attacks plumbed new depths In Hebron on Monday, when a Palestinian sniper shot dead a 10-month-old baby, Shalhevet Pass, as she was being wheeled by her parents through the West Bank city's Jewish neighborhood.

Walking the Tightrope

By David Landau
Published on November 30, 2000

If Prime Minister Ehud Barak achieves a deal with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, he may yet pull back from the brink of political defeat and win the election.

Arafat’s Culture of Hatred

By Morton A. Klein
Published on November 30, 2000

Arafat's media, schools and summer camps are teaching Palestinian Arabs, young and old alike, to hate.

The State of Play

By Gene Lichtenstein
Published on September 14, 2000

Almost from the day that negotiations at Camp David broke off this past summer, foundering over Jerusalem, Arafat has been traveling the world meeting with heads of state - in Europe, the Arab countries, the U.S. - and trying to rally support.

Finally, the Solution?

By Douglas Davis
Published on November 4, 1999

"We have just completed a very good meeting. I feel we have revitalized the peace process," Clinton said after Tuesday's meeting, which took place amid commemorations in the Norwegian capital of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Partisan Bickering

By Michael Shapiro
Published on October 14, 1999

With Congress and the White House battling over the budget, Israel's nearly $3 billion in annual aid as well as funds to help Israel and the Palestinians implement last year's Wye River accord have been caught in the political wrangling.