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.

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. Arafat said armed force was the only solution to the Arab-Israel dispute for the Palestinians and ruled out “all political solutions.” The semi-official Cairo newspaper Al Ahram commented ...

Israel said its air force attacked terrorists who were engaged in a suspicious activity on the ground in central Gaza. Read ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as part of a five-day trip to the Middle East. Dr Williams was due to pay a courtesy call on Mr Arafat in ...

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 ...

"Some of Mr. Arafat's most trusted forces are participating in these attacks. This is very serious in our eyes," he told reporters in Tel Aviv, said AFP. "The government which I hope will be ...

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Beirut: Journalists sometimes hear shocking statements—ones they lock away in their memory, fearing their repercussions. Some are too violent, too damaging, or too costly to repeat. Others risk swift ...