“The problem with Yasser Arafat is that he’s no Nelson Mandela.” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve head that complaint, both from Palestinians and Israelis.

Nelson Mandela is widely regarded as a beloved peace icon, while Yasser Araft remains largely a pariah outside the Arab and Muslim world. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. NEWSLETTER SIGNUP.

I am thrilled that Nelson Mandela has been released from prison after so many difficult years. His quote in the Tribune that ”Yasser Arafat is fighting against a unique form of colonialism, and ...

Seven years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections. In the Middle East, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's prime minister at the time, signed the Oslo accords ...

After his 1990 release from prison, Mandela praised Yasser Arafat, Moammar Gadhafi and Fidel Castro AC/AA and was often criticized for the statements. This July 27, 1991 photograph shows Castro ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Yasser Arafat likened himself to South Africa's Nelson Mandela and said he would relinquish power after a Palestinian state is established. Arafat said he will ...

Did Nelson Mandela Say 'Our Freedom Is Incomplete Without the Freedom of the Palestinians'? ... "Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Banquet in Honour of President Yasser Arafat of Palestine." ...

Pretoria - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived unexpectedly in South Africa on Thursday to ask former President Nelson Mandela to intervene to revive the collapsed Middle East peace talks. In ...

Even though Ron Grossman suggests that Yasser Arafat might have wanted to retain a revolutionary aura, not unlike that of Thomas Paine and Che Guevara, his transformation from revolutionary to stat… ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Days after his release from 27 years in prison in February 1990, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela gave Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a bear hug, symbolising ...