Tag: Yasser Arafat

Head of Arafat death probe says people trying to 'silence' him

Tawfik Tirawi, a former head of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS) and one of the most senior figures in ...

Brouhaha over Arafat caricatures explains a lot about Palestinian politics

By Ben Cohen

Anything other than uncritical veneration of their political leaders is regarded with suspicion – or worse.

Did Italian government's inaction enable 1982 terrorist attack on Rome synagogue?

By Erez Linn

Italy launches probe into recently revealed documents that allege authorities made an agreement with the PLO in the 1970s to ...

Why did a large Palestinian flag cover Jerusalem's city walls?

By Yori Yalon

The flag, with images of the late PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, triggered a harsh ...

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