Young Palestinians hope for post-Arafat democracy
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They fly his banner, wear his face on their T-shirts, and utter solemn prayers with upturned hands at his graveside. But many young
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Palestinians have voted in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades in a dress rehearsal for next month&#39;s presidential ballot to choose former president Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Palestinians are moving toward a new generation of leadership, while US and Israeli leaders consider their legacies.
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DAHARIYA, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians voted yesterday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in 28 years, with the Islamic group Hamas vying for political power for the first time against Fatah, the main faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Senior Palestinian officials, seeking to fill the void left when Yasser Arafat dies, reached out Saturday to Islamic fundamentalists who remain the wild card in a post-Arafat era.
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The devil dancing in the Middle East is dead. After Arafat used his life to deny Palestinians a national state, Palestinians will now have the chance to use Arafat&#39;s death to usher in a new era of compromise.
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In a dress rehearsal of next monthâs presidential election, Palestinians have voted in the first council elections for 28 years.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians vote on Sunday  for a successor to Yasser Arafat widely expected to be Mahmoud  Abbas, a pragmatist they hope will revive a peace process with  Israel after years of bloodshed.
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Despite the frequently heard claim that, post-Arafat, a moderate Palestinian trend offers an opportunity for advancing peace, the Palestinian reality is one of division and radical veto power.
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Ramadan is bringing little cheer to the   Palestinian youth of Gaza this year.
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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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Middle East News, RAMALLAH, West Bank, Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Palestinians hold municipal elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor next month.
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BAQAA CAMP, Jordan -- Yehya Shatarat punched his fist into his hand as he watched satellite television pictures of Palestinians in the West Bank voting for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a rare window of opportunity to build a democratic Palestinian state that could live side by side in peace with Israel.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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Palestinians members of the youth organization, Palestinian Mini Parliament, affiliated to late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s Fatah movement, dressed as Arafat and holding posters with his image at the Rafah refugee camp, southern of Gaza Strip