Analysis: The scene, post-Arafat
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Arafat disabled is in some ways a bigger problem than Arafat dead. If he dies, Palestinians must accept it quickly and try to engineer a succession.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat early Thursday morning reignited the debate over the future of Israel and the Palestinians worldwide, but even locally residents admitted an answer remains elusive.
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The world watches the unfolding drama as the man who has become the symbol for Palestinian nationalism seems to hover between life and death.
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The sombre official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat today contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the West Asia after his death.
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BEIRUT: As Yasser Arafat&#39;s health deteriorates in a suburban Paris hospital and he fades away from the political scene, his legacy for Palestine and the Arab world offers important lessons
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Ramallah, West Bank -- Apprehension settled over the Middle East Thursday night as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lay near death in a Paris hospital, and Israelis and Palestinians braced themselves for a new era in the region&#39;s long and turbulent history
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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The planned departure today of the ailing Yasser Arafat from his battered compound -- a decade after he arrived in the West Bank with the promise of Palestinian nationhood -- could mark the end of an era.
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Recent events in the Middle East have the potential to positively impact the region. Lost amongst all of the coverage of Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing was a historic 67-45 vote by Israel&#39;s parliament
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The Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence is larger than the late President Yasser Arafat. The decades-long symbolism that Arafat embodied should not be underestimated.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The devil dancing in the Middle East is dead. After Arafat used his life to deny Palestinians a national state, Palestinians will now have the chance to use Arafat&#39;s death to usher in a new era of compromise.
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The death or long-term incapacitation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a turning point in Middle East history. It could suddenly remove an obstacle to peace or unleash a bloody power struggle among Palestinians factions.
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The passing of Yasser Arafat marked the end of an era. The question is, what new era will now unfold? Elections for a new President of the Palestinian Authority will be held on Jan 9. Even then, it is still
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Comment is free: Soumaya Ghannoushi: The occupation has helped to pave the way for this presence in Palestine.
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Since the death of the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, a mood has been spreading in the Middle East that had not been felt for a long time: optimism.
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(November 12, 2004) - In the hours since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, it seems one question has been on the world&#39;s mind: What will it mean?