Salem residents weigh in on Arafatâs death
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Although peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians stalled several years ago, todayâs death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat marked the end of an era in the Middle East peace process.
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The wailing that attended Yasser Arafat&#39;s burial in the West Bank on Friday was as much for the Palestinians&#39; future as the passing of the man.
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As Yasser Arafat clung to life in a French hospital Friday, local Palestinian-American and Jewish leaders considered what the prospects for peace in the Middle East will be like without him as leader of the Palestinian Authority.
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RAMALLAH, West BankâA dying Yasser Arafat is in the midst of a last historic battle with Israel, one he is not even well enough to know he&#39;s waging.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Palestinians at home and abroad have been weeping and shouting in the streets over the death of Yasser Arafat.
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AMMAN, 13 November 2004 - The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatâs personal doctor has called for a public inquiry into the causes of his patientâs death in Paris.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 28 -- No crowds of well-wishers massed Thursday outside the Mukata, the mostly ruined compound where Yasser Arafat has been confined for the past two years. Only a throng of reporters assembled, peering through the smoked windows of sedans carrying officials to a frail old man who still embodies the national aspirations of many Palestinians.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Just after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death was announced, a pregnant Palestinian woman told her husband she wanted to name their child after the departed leader.
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Palestinians in the Triangle mourned the death of the man they viewed as a father figure, even as they paused to consider a future without Yasser Arafat.
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Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, a prominent local educator, believes that the death of Yasser Arafat could mark a positive new chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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Palestinians looked to their leadership to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat&#39;s fate in a French hospital on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the icon of the fight for a state.
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It has been almost a month since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death and, as many had hoped, there are already some hopeful signs that his passing could lead to renewed peace initiatives between Israel and the Palestinians.
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As grief sweeps the West Bank and Gaza strip over the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Americans are feeling the loss thousands of miles away.
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While Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lingers in a coma, the world contemplates what his death will mean to the Middle East&#39;s future.
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Palestinians expressed sorrow and anxiety at the thought of a future without Yasser Arafat, wondering if his absence from the Palestinian territories would bring a bloody
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Gaza City - With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in hospital and Israel firmly opposed to a Jerusalem burial, many Palestinians see the Gaza Strip as a fitting alternative place of rest for their leader.
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TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there&#39;s been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.