Blood from a stone? Palestinians must make the most of every drop
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Justice on the part of Israel does not come easily, especially with a government led by the historically hard-line Ariel Sharon. It was the job on Sunday of outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell to encourage
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Comment is free: Karen Koning AbuZayd: Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians yesterday mourned the death of Yasser Arafat, quickly installed new officials in the top positions that he held, and vowed to create the first true democracy in the Arab world.
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ANALYSIS:The death of Yasser Arafat will pose a challenge, but could result in a more legitimate government. BY STEVEN ERLANGER. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians&#39; hope
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said his  people should drop their weapons in the struggle for a state,  marking out a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel  after Yasser Arafat's death last month.
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In 35 years as Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat raised billions of dollars. He spent the fortune to wield power, to pay militants who attacked Israel and to invest in the United States and the Middle East.
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The mass outpouring of grief at Yasser Arafatâs burial Friday was a powerful assertion of continued Palestinian defiance in the face of Israelâs brutal military occupation.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians streamed into  the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday in an  outpouring of grief over the death of Yasser Arafat, the  enduring symbol of their nationalist cause.
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UMW professor says people should not expect quick, dramatic change in dynamics following death of longtime leader. As Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, attention is shifting to who
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Palestinians alike are struggling with issues of political life and the forming of functioning governments, it is the former who may offer a lead to elements of the latter.
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F inally, the best thing that Yasser Arafat could do for the Palestinians was to die. In the month since the founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and head of the Palestinian Authority died in
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It was a telling sign when senior commanders in the Central Command recently started counting the number of Palestinian stone-throwing incidents in the West Bank.
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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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Ariel Sharon&#39;s massacre in the Gaza Strip is nominated for a dragging continuous phase. The reason is not because the short-range Al-Qassam rockets are thumping targets inside the Hebrew State and impeding
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The death of the Palestinian President, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and head of the Fatah revolutionary council, has left a large political vacuum, which is in dire need of mending.
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The death of Yasser Arafat is being mourned across a region which has historically supported his struggle.
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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.