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‘I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter’
Reflecting on the Oslo Accords 30 years later, veteran politician Hanan Ashrawi recounts her arguments with PLO leaders during the negotiations, and explains why Israel's political crisis is opening cracks in the occupation.
By
Meron Rapoport
September 13, 2023
The Oslo trap: How the PLO signed its own death warrant
From asymmetrical concessions to renouncing armed struggle, the fate of the Palestinians was sealed before Arafat and Rabin even shook hands.
By
Raef Zreik
September 11, 2023
The myth of Rabin the peacemaker
The cult of personality around Yitzhak Rabin conceals the fact that the Oslo Accords were not derailed by his death, but achieved exactly what he wanted.
By
Amjad Iraqi
September 27, 2020
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My afternoon with Yasser Arafat
Ten years after Arafat’s death, an Arab citizen of Israel reflects on a solidarity visit to the father of Palestinian nationalism in his besieged Ramallah compound. By Seraj Assi Ten years ago, on November 11, 2004, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in mysterious circumstances in Paris. Theories ranged from natural causes to assassination. The French, Russian…
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November 12, 2014
10 years after Arafat: Where did the Palestinian leadership go?
In both Gaza and Ramallah the Palestinian leadership hasn’t gotten involved in the latest wave of violence. They’re not condemning it, they’re not supporting it, and they’re certainly not offering Palestinians any vision. But Israelis shouldn’t take comfort. One of the hottest topics in the media recently is the question of whether we can call…
By
Haggai Matar
November 11, 2014
How three Israeli journalists brought Arafat into Israeli homes
Fifty years after the founding of the PLO, journalist Anat Saragusti talks about the first interview Yasser Arafat gave to an Israeli media outlet, looking for the real story in Beirut under siege, and the importance of pushing the limits of society’s comfort zone. By Anat Saragusti This story can go in a number of directions.…
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June 7, 2014
‘There was no generous offer’: A history of peace talks
Raviv Drucker, a prominent journalist who co-hosts a well-known television magazine program on Channel 10, wrote a tough blog post in which he takes some of Israel’s best known journalists to task for presenting a completely erroneous interpretation of the Palestinian position regarding a negotiated agreement for a two-state solution. I have translated his post…
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Lisa Goldman
April 26, 2014
What does the future hold for Israel’s military politicians?
Could the Jewish state ever be lead by a class of non-military politicians? Until there is a peace agreement with the Palestinians, it seems unlikely. And even then, who knows? By Thomas G. Mitchell Historically there have been two types of Israeli leaders who have been willing to give up territory to the Arabs in exchange for…
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February 22, 2014
Mandela: I was inspired by Begin’s struggle against the British
Mandela’s statements about Begin on the one hand and Arafat on the other should make just about everyone uncomfortable. In Chapter 42 of his autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom,” Nelson Mandela describes how, in 1961, he began forming the African National Congress’ (ANC) military wing to launch guerrilla attacks on the apartheid regime. “I, who had…
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Larry Derfner
December 11, 2013
More subtle than it seems: The mystery of Arafat’s death
Nine years on, Yasser Arafat’s death brings up more questions than answers. Speculation runs rampant as to the nature of his death, while the potential for a scientifically conclusive cause of death, let alone the identity of a possible perpetrator, fades away. By Marian Houk In “Killing Arafat,” a recent Al-Jazeera documentary on the mysterious…
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November 18, 2013
The Israeli negotiator who thinks the two-state solution is still possible
Veteran Israeli negotiator Shaul Arieli discusses the failure of the Oslo Accords, various Israeli prime ministers’ commitment (or lack thereof) to ending the occupation, and the only solution he believes both sides could live with, however unsatisfied they might be with it. Shaul Arieli is a man on a dual mission: educating Israelis about the conflict and diplomatic process…
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Noam Sheizaf
March 27, 2013
Palestinian textbook case closed, but more trumped-up Israeli charges expected
This week’s publication of a U.S.-funded study cleared the Palestinians of charges that their schoolbooks ‘demonize’ Israel. This was not, however, the first hoop they’ve been made to jump through, and it won’t be the last. The Israeli and U.S. Jewish establishment reaction to the terrible news that the Palestinians don’t demonize Jews in their…
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Larry Derfner
February 7, 2013
Abbas’ Fatah holds anniversary rally in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement turned out for an anniversary rally in the Gaza Strip. It is the first such celebration that Hamas officials in Gaza have allowed since the two factions split nearly six years ago. It was a sea of yellow in the streets of Gaza…
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Roee Ruttenberg
January 5, 2013
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