Arafat was a heroic freedom fighter and a martyr for his people who many, including myself, believe was murdered by order of Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon. No individual sacrificed more ...

Late on Monday night, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly declared 2025 “the year of the establishment of an independent Palestinian state”. The comment by Deputy ...

Mr Avnery was about to become the first Israeli to formally meet the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat. He recalls his route to the encounter with his country's sworn enemy - "a bit dangerous", he ...

Former US president Bill Clinton on Wednesday said young people in America today “can’t believe” that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walked away from a Palestinian state during peace ...

Avnery, who pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, stoked controversy by meeting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the early 1980s. He also founded an influential left-wing ...