The Palestinian struggle is greater than Arafat
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The Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence is larger than the late President Yasser Arafat. The decades-long symbolism that Arafat embodied should not be underestimated.
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He shook the world by demanding justice for the Palestinians. But Arafat&#39;s defiance ruined his chances to win them independence.
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A Palestinian official says his &#39;ability to resist and the will of God&#39; will decide the leader&#39;s fate. PARIS -- A deeply comatose Yasser Arafat clung to life yesterday after suffering another downturn, his
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The man widely expected to succeed Yasser Arafat in next year&#39;s Palestinian elections, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday appeared to win a power struggle in the dominant Fatah movement after a bloody gun battle in Gaza City.
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JERUSALEM - The first, potentially explosive row of the post-Yasser Arafat era has erupted, even as the Palestinian leader clings to life - apparently thanks to life support machines.
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Fighting between Fatah and Hamas is part of a power struggle in the one Palestinian area that Israel has largely abandoned.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appears to have faced down the biggest challenge to his leadership in years without giving ground on demands
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Rarely in history has a political movement been so deliberately set by its founder on a course towards chaos. Arafat not only left no successor, but also no order.
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In death, as in life, Yasser Arafat lit the flames of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity. If he did nothing else - he made certain that the Palestinian struggle for liberty and justice would be taken seriously by the rest of the world.
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The imminent passing of Yasser Arafat will mark the beginning of a new era in the Arab-Israeli conflict. For a century, Palestinian national politics has been dominated by two men: Hajj Amin al-Husseini led
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Mahmoud Abbasâs declaration was both a challenge to the Hamas movement and a risky effort to break a political stalemate that could backfire.
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TYRE, Lebanon: Many Palestinians in refugee camps in Lebanon say they would rather see imprisoned West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti succeed Yasser Arafat than the movement&#39;s official candidate Mahmoud Abbas.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is deeply dividing an already torn Middle Eastern country. As Palestinians mourn the loss of their leader
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A serious battle to win over the Palestinian public was finally under way yesterday as the entry of a second major candidate galvanised the contest to succeed Yasser Arafat
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NABLUS, West Bank -- The main Palestinian movement Fatah won a test of strength against Islamic militants in a key West Bank student election yesterday, boosting Mahmoud Abbas in his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat as president.
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Despite Arafat's flaws, area residents say the leader represented struggle of the state.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinian aspiration to a viable, independent state and the prime obstacle to its realization.