Yasser Arafat

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  • Crumbling dreams of statehood

    Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories this week, particularly the re-occupation of an entire city, are destroying any remaining semblance of Palestinian sovereignty.
    By Ferry Biedermann January 25, 2002

  • "What is there to talk about?"

    That's what Ariel Sharon wondered at a meeting with the press. And after an Israeli girl's bat mitzvah party ends in bloodshed, many others are asking the same question.
    By Ferry Biedermann January 19, 2002

  • After Arafat?

    As Israel cuts off contact with the Palestinian leader after another bloody attack, the question of who might succeed him gains urgency.
    By Flore de Préneuf December 13, 2001

  • Israel's House foes

    In a meaningless resolution, a small group of House critics tee off on U.S. foreign policy -- and Israel -- lamenting the "root causes of terrorism."
    By Jake Tapper December 12, 2001

  • Beyond tribalism

    Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone.
    By Suzy Hansen December 8, 2001

  • "Ultimately, there isn't a military solution"

    An American expert on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis says that a political solution must be reached -- but he isn't optimistic.
    By Gary Kamiya December 4, 2001

  • The Arafat question

    As angry Israelis call for the removal of the Palestinian leader, others caution that the alternative would be far worse.
    By Flore de Préneuf December 4, 2001

  • Is Ariel Sharon on the verge?

    U.S. support for the Israeli government is waning and the prime minister's strange bedfellows left-right ruling coalition is agitated. Will Sharon become the war against terrorism's first victim?
    By Aluf Benn October 25, 2001

  • The crossroads

    The murder of an Israeli extremist by Palestinian extremists pushes both Sharon and Arafat to the brink -- and threatens to doom the peace process.
    By Flore de Préneuf October 18, 2001

  • Arafat's bin Laden nightmare

    When the Palestinian leader opened fire on his own street protesters, it was the latest volley in his long battle with movement extremists.
    By Noah Sudarsky October 12, 2001

  • Palestinian rioters hail bin Laden

    Yasser Arafat's security forces used tear gas, batons and bullets, but they couldn't stop students from welcoming the Saudi terrorist's support.
    By Flore de Préneuf October 8, 2001

  • The bloody Jordan river now flows through America

    A sword will hang over the U.S. until we convince Israel to make peace with the Palestinians.
    By Gary Kamiya September 17, 2001

  • Rejoicing in the streets of Jenin

    While many Palestinians celebrate the attack on the U.S., Yasser Arafat denounces it as "unacceptable" and Israelis mourn.
    By Flore de Préneuf September 11, 2001

  • Brinkmanship of blood

    Pushed to the edge by rage and revenge, Palestinians and Israelis stare into the abyss of war.
    By Flore de Préneuf June 6, 2001

  • Waxing political

    Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is host to a feisty little uproar. Yasser Arafat, some say, deserves a good melting.
    By Michael J. Jordan May 24, 2001

  • Dragged back into the fight

    As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, the Bush administration is no longer able to stay on the sidelines.
    By Ben Barber April 19, 2001

  • Where's Arafat?

    His intransigence helped elect Ariel Sharon, and violence rages on. Can Yasser Arafat lead the Palestinians out of crisis?
    By Flore de Prineuf March 8, 2001

  • Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves

    On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate.
    By Ben Barber February 16, 2001

  • Can Sharon make peace?

    Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved.
    By Fiona Morgan February 9, 2001

  • Will Ariel Sharon bulldoze the peace process?

    His election as Israel's prime minister was expected, but it's too soon to tell how he will steer Middle East relations.
    By Flore de Préuneuf February 7, 2001

  • "The Bulldozer" clanks on

    Coming all the way back from war-criminal disgrace, hard-liner Ariel Sharon is about to become the next prime minister of Israel.
    By Flore de Préneuf January 25, 2001

  • The fraud of American "peacemaking"

    Clinton is just the latest U.S. leader whose one-sided support for Israel has doomed the region to bloodshed.
    By Michael Adams January 4, 2001

  • Clock running out on Clinton's Mideast legacy

    Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat makes a last-minute trip to Washington to clarify a Clinton-proposed peace deal with Israel.
    By Flore de Préneuf January 3, 2001

  • Barak's surprise move

    In stepping down, Israel's prime minister is trying to make an end run around his strongest political rival.
    By David Tuller December 12, 2000

  • Barak's fate depends on peace

    By calling for early elections, the embattled Israeli prime minister buys a little time, but also places his fate in the hands of Yasser Arafat.
    By Flore de Préneuf November 30, 2000
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