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Palestinian Authority Colombia mission quotes Arafat in calling for the destruction of Israel
Rabin’s grandson remembers losing a great leader
The night Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in downtown Tel Aviv, his grandson, Jonathan Benartzi, was two weeks away from completing his three years of duty in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as a paratrooper.
Bring Bill Clinton back to the Israeli-Palestinian peace table
Monday night in Beverly Hills, a dozen Israeli and American Jews gathered for a night of luxurious despair over the Middle East.
France drops investigation into Arafat’s death
French investigating magistrates have decided to drop an inquiry into the death in France of former Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat, whose widow alleged he was poisoned, the prosecutors office said on Wednesday.
Arab world disappointed with Netanyahu victory
Any hopes that the Israeli election would lead to a new initiative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have been dashed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election for a fourth term.
Arafat was not poisoned, French prosecutor says
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat did not die of poisoning, a French prosecutor said.
Gaza commemoration for Arafat canceled following attacks on Fatah leaders
A commemoration rally in Gaza for the late Palestinian Fatah party leader Yasser Arafat was canceled after attacks on Fatah leaders there.
Quenelle salute performed in front of Toulouse Jewish school
Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have published a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews were murdered.
Arafat did not die of poisoning, French tests conclude
Yasser Arafat was not the victim of poisoning, French forensic tests concluded on Tuesday, countering the theory put forward by a Swiss report on the 2004 death of the Palestinian leader.