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...said the death of Palestinian Liberation Organization Chair Yasser Arafat—who he called an “enem[y] of freedom”—created the opportunity for positive change for the Palestinian people...
...PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES The surprise was not that Palestinians held a successful election. The death of Yasser Arafat in November fundamentally altered the character of their politics. Tired of the Old Man's corruption and violence, a sizable majority of Palestinians chose to replace him with a man known for moderation and willingness to parley with Israel. Even more important, Israel and the U.S., which had ostracized Arafat for two years, were willing to deal with...
...high hopes slowly faded away as the tournament went along. Suchde made it the farthest of any Harvard player, losing in the semifinals to three-time defending champion and No. 1 Yasser El-Halaby, of Princeton, in four games...
...TIME: Yasser Arafat was a symbol for Palestinians around the world. Do you see yourself as a different kind of leader...
...shattered the region?s three-month period of calm Friday night by killing four Israelis and injuring 50 outside a crowded Tel Aviv nightclub. The bomber, a 21-year-old student from a village near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, was the first since the November death of Yasser Arafat; he hoped to destroy the tenuous trust that took root at a Feb. 8 peace summit in Egypt. To keep him from succeeding, Palestinian security forces - which in the last four years have done little or nothing to apprehend those involved in such strikes - reacted energetically. The Palestinian police...