The price for backing Arafat; guards stripped off arms
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Jerusalem, Nov 14.(PTI): Israel today denied it has permitted Palestinian security forces to carry weapons in public and said the arrangement was made to bear arms only in the West Bank city of Ramallah, site of the burial of PLA leader Yasser Arafat on
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Foreign dignitaries have paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat, the founding father of Palestinian resistance, at a solemn funeral in Cairo, the city where he was born.
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RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops pulled back overnight from the breached Gaza border after a security guard was shot in the foot, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream across unhindered.
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A new account set up to bypass an international boycott of Hamas has begun disbursing vital foreign aid to the Palestinians, with tens of millions of dollars expected to be used to partially pay civil servant salaries this week, the finance minister said Sunday.
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Arriving ahead of schedule, winter rains have begun lashing Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority. On most days, a thin layer of mist hangs around Yasser Arafat&#39;s grave, where a Palestinian guard keeps a 24-hour vigil.
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Sharon and Bush demonised Yasser Arafat for years and exploited the orchestrated hatred to sabotage any step towards peace. This alibi has now disappeared.
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Candles and flowers surround a portrait of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in front of the Percy Military Teaching hospital in Clamart outside Paris Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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THE price that Meir Rotenstein has paid for breaking ranks with his neighbours and cheering on Ariel Sharonâs plan to pull Israelis out of Gaza has been high.
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The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat controlled a network of companies, investments and bank accounts with a value totalling at least $1.5bn, according to the Austrian business magazine Format.
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TWO Palestinian security officers were killed yesterday and five others injured when militants opened fire as PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived at a mourning ceremony for Yassir Arafat in Gaza, sparking fears that the succession race could descend into
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Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to the death of their leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in intensive care after his health suffered a setback at a French military hospital, Palestinian officials said.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s interim successor has escaped uninjured after militants opened fire in a mourning tent for the dead leader. Mahmoud Abbas was whisked to safety after militants firing rifles burst in on the tent just after he arrived.
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Sunday&#39;s exchange is just one striking example of the post-Arafat thawing of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. BY SALAH NASRAWI.
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A day after Yasser Arafat was buried, Palestinians began taking stock of a future without the man who led their fight for independence, while Europe and the US look at ways to revive the stalled peace process.
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JERUSALEM -- The Bush administration has decided to ask Congress for funds aimed at bolstering security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, sources with knowledge of the plan said yesterday.
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Dubai - Former Palestinian security minister Mohammed Dahlan said on Monday that a &quot;gang of mercenaries&quot; known to the Palestinian police were behind the shooting that resulted in two deaths in a mourning tent for Yasser Arafat in Gaza.