PLO Leader Yasir Arafat made it to Gaza. Jordan's King Hussein is expected in Washington this week. But their real goal is Jerusalem: the race is on to be first to the historic Al Aqsa Mosque since ...

This is the first public announcement by a sitting Algerian president confirming the long-rumoured plan to bomb the venue of ...

France, Britain, Canada, Australia, and Malta all say they are preparing to recognize a state of Palestine at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September. They would join another 147 UN ...

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. Timeline 1950s - After graduating from college, ...