Yasser Arafat

Fatah's Central Committee announced that it has begun investigating recent reports that two members of the movement's leadership are involved in smuggling Israeli weapons into Libya to support Mu'ammar...

A report in the Algerian newspaper Al-Shuruq claims that the former Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan was one of a number of Palestinians "involved in a deal to supply weapons...

Informed sources in Palestine have revealed that disagreements have arisen between the Swiss and French, on one side, and Palestinian security and medical teams on the other, regarding the...

During a recent interview, the chief of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, denied that his movement is behind the bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv on November 21;...

In March 1996, leaders from 29 countries met in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh for a "Summit of the Peacemakers". Co-hosted by the then Egyptian President Hosni...

A senior member of the PLO Executive Committee has said that that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is to start an international tour to garner support for the proposal...

The identity and photograph of the Israeli soldier who killed Khalil al-Wazir – Abu Jihad – in 1987 have been published by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. Nahum Lev led the...

Syrian and Iranian media sources launched, on Monday, a severe defamation attack against Khalid Meshaal, the head of Hamas' political bureau, who left Syria after the revolution began. The...

Former PA intelligence officer Jamal Shabaneh has questioned the role of senior "front line" Palestinian officials in the death of the late President Yasser Arafat, Quds Press said on...

Here we go again! Evet Lvovich Lieberman, the Moldavian who became Avigdor Lieberman when in 1978 his religion qualified him uniquely for instantaneous Israeli citizenship, is demanding the removal...

Following a programme broadcast by Aljazeera which raised questions about the manner of his death, the League of Arab States has begun the process to open investigation into the...

The head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has praised the revolution of the Tunisian people which, he said, "paved the way for the Arab...

Israel has issued an official denial of any involvement in the murder of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, after tests conducted by a prestigious Swiss laboratory showed the...

The Palestinian Islamic Scholars' Association has given its approval to exhume the remains of the late Yasser Arafat in order to take a tissue sample to see if it...

Nael al-Barghouthi, the veteran Palestinian prisoner freed in the recent prisoner exchange deal, has married fellow ex-detainee Iman Nafi' in a ceremony held on Tuesday evening. At the head...

Hamas has called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop all forms of negotiations with the occupation authorities following Shimon Peres's de facto acknowledgement that Israel was behind the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah, celebrated its 48th anniversary in Gaza on Friday. This was the first such celebration event in the besieged Gaza Strip for...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A number of research institutes and human rights organisations are attending a landmark conference in the Gaza Strip. The conference, which began on Saturday, is considering the...

Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert has said he does not want to live in a "racist state which controls millions of Palestinians through oppression and racism but...

The Palestinian Embassy in Cairo has condemned the statements attributed to ousted president Hosni Mubarak in which he claimed that the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat had leaked the...

British medical journal The Lancet has published a study by Swiss experts which suggests that there is a strong possibility that the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was poisoned...

The Palestinian Islamist Movement Hamas has called upon the Palestinian Authority (PA) to carry out an independent investigation into the death of late leader Yasser Arafat. Hamas spokesperson Sami...

Swiss scientists have discovered radioactive polonium in the remains of deceased Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, amid claims that he was intentionally poisoned. The scientists tasked with examining samples from...

The widow of late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, has confirmed the reports that a large quantity of polonium was found in her husband's body. She said the substance must...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas vowed during the ninth anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death to reveal the truth about Abu Ammar's death, despite all obstacles. During...

Hassan Khoraisheh, who serves as the second deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament, affirmed on Monday that some Palestinian officials are complicit in the assassination of late Palestinian Authority...

Despite official intelligence support from a number of Arab States, including Egypt, the Tamarod movement against the Islamists and Hamas in Gaza has failed. Tamarod was attempting to replicate...

The Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has said that the ongoing peace talks hinder the prosecution of Israel for its crimes, especially through the International Criminal...

Palestinian lawyer Fahmi Shabaneh has charged that Palestinian Authority and Fatah leaders are complicit in the killing of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Shabaneh, who is a former senior...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES The first documented mass use of the kufiyeh within Palestinian resistance was during the First Revolution in the late 1930's when peasants who led the struggle against...

The 13th of September will mark 20 years since the White House lawn signing ceremony between Yasser Arafat and Yitzak Rabin, flanked by former US President Bill Clinton. The...

Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...