Ray Suarez discusses the Israeli siege of Yasser Arafat's headquarters with New York Times correspondent Serge Schmemann in Jerusalem. Nothing has really changed at the siege site. The Israeli ...

RAMALLAH (voa) – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is free to move around again after Israeli forces withdrew from Ramallah early Thursday. Israeli forces had kept Mr. Arafat confined for five months – ...

Arafat Wins Approval for New Cabinet; Israel Faces Political Crisis The Palestinian parliament approved Yasser Arafat's new cabinet Tuesday, dampening an internal demand that Arafat share power and ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians on Monday, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat accused Israel of stepping up its military actions a day after he made a strong appeal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The historical handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yithzak Rabin (L) and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) during peace accord ...

As Israeli bombs and rockets rained down on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yasser Arafat faced what may be his final chance to draw back from the brink of all-out war. Israel’s Cabinet, in a stormy ...

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 ...

After some of the worst bloodletting since the intifada began, there were indications this week that Israel and the Palestinian Authority are ready to try to reduce tensions. But as often happens in ...

When the image of Dr. Hanan Ashrawi appeared on my computer screen during our Zoom call two weeks ago, I felt as if I was being thrown back in time. The Israeli and international public first got to ...

JERUSALEM, Sept. 15 -- Israel's foreign minister said today that his government had no plans to kill Yasser Arafat, one day after an official said assassinating the Palestinian leader was one possible ...