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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Yasir Arafat

Yasir Arafat stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Palestine Could Offer Bright Spot for Arab World

PM Fayyad's economy- first approach a good model: Friedman

Aug 5, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are bad in the Arab world, but Thomas Friedman sees green shoots in an unlikely place: Palestine. “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider Middle East what off-Broadway is to Broadway,” he writes in the New York Times. “It is where all good and bad ideas... More »

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Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Yasir Arafat • Thomas Friedman • Arab • Arab-Israeli conflict

Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

Ex-prez defies Israel, Bush, and lays wreath on Arafat's grave

Apr 15, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank today to meet a former Hamas minister, ignoring strenuous objections by Israeli leaders. Carter also laid a wreath on Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a customary gesture of respect President Bush pointedly avoided on his last visit, Reuters reports. More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Hamas • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Khaled Meshaal • Yasir Arafat • Ramallah • Naser al-Shaer

Bush's Palestine Play Doomed

Prez's late peace push faces bigger problems than Clinton's failed effort

Nov 25, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - George Bush, like Bill Clinton before him, is making a last-minute push to broker Arab-Israeli peace, but with much steeper odds, says Reuters' Arshad Mohammed. Bush, Mahmoud Abbas, and Ehud Olmert are all unpopular, especially compared to their 2000 counterparts—Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and Ehud Barak. “When Clinton tried... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Bill Clinton • Israel and Palestinians • Yasir Arafat • Annapolis • George W. Bush

7 Killed in Gaza Shooting

Hamas gunmen opened fire on thousands gathered for Fatah rally

Nov 12, 07 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Violence broke out today in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, as Hamas fighters fired into a crowd of hundreds of thousands at a memorial rally to Fatah founder Yasser Arafat, killing seven and wounding 150, the New York Times reports. Hamas and Fatah traded blame for the shooting, the bloodiest since... More »

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Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinians • Yasir Arafat

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