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All too many rulers of “liberated” nations in the second half of the 20th century -- the likes of Mao Tse-tung (China), Sukarno (Indonesia), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Moammar Kadafi (Libya ...
Arafat, however, grew visibly agitated and stammered, “Be careful when you are speaking to me. Be careful, you are speaking to Arafat.” The threat of violence hung in the air as we left. Clearly ...
Robert Malley. The Arafat Enigma. November 6, 2004 More than 20 years ago. My final meeting with Yasser Arafat took place barely a few weeks ago, in the rubble of his headquarters, ...
Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat called for international intervention to ease tensions Saturday in the wake of Israel's demolition of the Voice of Palestine broadcasting building.
Yasser Arafat led a violent armed struggle against a powerful enemy for nearly 50 years before signing a peace treaty with Israel, then used a mixture of terrorism and diplomacy to forge the ...
Arafat having as much civilian Jewish blood on his hands as any criminal since 1945, I sent a reporter instead. Television carried the event and the rest of my staff gathered around the office set ...
The election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in February prompted much hysteria in the Arab world -- and hand-wringing in Washington -- over Sharon's "commitment" to the "peace process." ...
I am not surprised to see that Yasser Arafat remains the same bloody terrorist I knew so well during my years at the top of Romania's foreign intelligence service.
Senior Palestinians urged Yasser Arafat not to declare an independent state in the 1970s because they feared it would allow Israel to maintain sovereignty over all Palestinian lands, according to ...
A special anti-graft court on Thursday convicted an aide of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of embezzling millions of dollars, in the biggest corruption case in the Palestinian Authority's ...