“Arafat was the one who changed Palestinians from refugees into fighters,” says Smeirat, who never met the chairman. “He brought Palestinians to the world’s attention. When people look at ...

After theories circulated online that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive element, Wired Magazine contributor and poison expert Deborah Blum decided to look into ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Swiss scientists have found evidence suggesting Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned ... it is so hard to detect unless experts look for it using specialized equipment ...

Yasser Arafat, the longtime leader of the Palestinian ... Israel -- possess. A closer look at the Lancet article (though it's behind a paywall) leaves any definitive conclusion elusive.

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 ...

(UNDATED) American Jews and Muslims reflect differently on the life and leadership of Yasser Arafat, but they agree that following his death, a new era of leadership, one that will unify ...

Hunted as a terrorist, hailed as a peacemaker, Yasser Arafat (search) succeeded in forcing the Palestinian tragedy upon the world's conscience but failed to deliver the independent state his ...

His look-alike younger brother ... “The objective has grown a longer beard to mislead.” Yasser Arafat in 2002AP When the cargo plane took off from Athens, Ivry received the order from Raful ...

U.S. President Bill Clinton, center, applauds as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left and Palestine Liberation ...

(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) Yasser Arafat died 20 years ago this month ... and Arafat and his movement took on a new look: It claimed to be conducting a struggle against Israel in ...

Yasser Arafat died 20 years ago this month – November ... Only after 1967 did things shift, and Arafat and his movement took on a new look: It claimed to be conducting a struggle against Israel ...