Fatah video includes archive footage of speeches by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and then PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat: PA ...
The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college, founds a ...
TIME.com: The Palestinian Authority’s minister for Jerusalem affairs, Faisal Husseini, was buried Friday in the Holy City after dying of a heart attack. What was his legacy, and how will his death ...
Pictures of Andrew Cuomo schmoozing with then-Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat in 2000 are back in the spotlight now that the ex-governor is making a comeback bid for mayor.
MUKATA, Ramallah – Yasser Arafat died this morning in Paris. He is survived by his wife, Suha, and 9-year-old daughter, Zahwa. The Palestinian Authority yesterday moved closer to ending four decades ...
JERUSALEM - In his four decades as Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat has run a murky financial empire that includes far-flung PLO investments in airlines, banana plantations and high-tech companies, ...