Arafat, Palestinian Uprising, and US Role in Israeli-Palestinian ...
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This article suggests that, the only single possible way to end the impasse in order to find hopefully, a truce and ultimately, peaceful settlement based on the UNâs framework of the well-known
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WASHINGTON -- American Middle East diplomacy, nearly dormant during the final months of the presidential campaign, sprung into action yesterday as State Department and White House officials grappled with how the United States should respond in the event of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Yasser Arafat dominated the Palestinian movement for four decades, transforming himself from guerrilla into politician. Most Palestinians will remember him as the man who gave them hope and took their cause to the brink of statehood.
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More than two years ago President Bush cut off all U.S. contact with Yasser Arafat as a failed and corrupt leader. But Bush did not retract his pledge to help the Palestinians achieve statehood.
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Ironically, as he was dying, world leaders and the media were rediscovering the importance of Arafatâs leadership. The sustained media coverage of him focused world attention on the Palestinian Question once again.
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âUntil now we are still defending ourselves, defending our people, pushing the Israelis outside our territory.â. Hamas is boycotting next monthâs election to replace the late Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority.
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Jerusalem, Nov 14 : Israel is divided over a US proposition to allow East Jerusalem residents to participate in elections for a new Palestinian Authority chairman, to lend it greater credibility.
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Refusing to talk to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat has been a cornerstone of US Middle East policy since President Bush, in June 2002, called on the Palestinians to choose new leadership not tainted by terrorism.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a window of opportunity. The Palestinian leader who loomed so large for so many years - and who had recently been rejected as a partner by Israel
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THE death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has been seen in parts of the West, especially the United States and Britain, as an opening to peace in the Middle East.
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Weymouth: Many say that Yasser Arafat&#39;s death is a turning point in the Middle East. Do you see it that way? Abbas: Arafat was a symbolic leader for the Palestinian people.
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Who Governs the West Bank? Palestinian Administration under Israeli Occupation,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines that system, which faces its most acute crisis since the Oslo process was launched in 1993.
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The history of the Middle East is at a turning point, as Yasser Arafat&#39;s health deteriorates and Israel takes steps to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat gives the Bush administration a rare diplomatic opening in the stalled Middle East peace process, though the extent and reach of the U.S. involvement is still to be determined, administration officials said.
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But the most important entry on Middle East watchers&#39; list is George W. Bush: in for four more years. The recent death of Arafat, the Palestinian Authority president, creates an opportunity for the United
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatâs rule has been a disaster for Palestinians, for Israel, and for US policy in the Middle East. The wily terrorist leader, now believed to be on his deathbed in a French hospital