Yasser Arafat

The PLO has failed Palestinians; let's start again from scratch

Osamah Khalil
21 March 2013

We won’t achieve democracy with a movement that’s not democratic.

Political division and Israel's siege "badly affecting" basketball in Gaza, says referee

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
27 January 2013

One of Gaza’s two accredited referees talks about the challenges faced by the sport under occupation.

Palestine UN bid and Arafat exhumation: Ali Abunimah on WBEZ's Worldview

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 20:30

Will today’s UN vote help the Palestinian cause or set it back?

Month in Pictures: July 2012

3 August 2012
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Watch: What killed Arafat? Clayton Swisher, Ali Abunimah on The Stream

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 19:45

Investigative reporter Clayton Swisher is joined by Ali Abunimah on to discuss the bombshell revelations that Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with the radioactive element polonium.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Jalal Abukhater on PA repression - 6 July 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 18:18

In this week’s podcast: A report from Jalal Abukhater on the Palestinian Authority police’s violent attacks on Palestinian protesters in Ramallah – “They tried to do this without anyone seeing them on camera.”

Scientific probe indicates Arafat was murdered

Doha
4 July 2012
A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera into the death of Yasser Arafat has revealed that that there was a high level of polonium, a highly radioactive element, inside his body when he died.

After polonium revelation, Israel's PR hacks revive lies that Arafat was gay and died of AIDS

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 18:33

While Israel markets itself as the most gay-friendly country in the world, its PR hacks revive homophobic rumors that Arafat was a gay “sexual deviant” who died of AIDS.

The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir

Sarah Irving
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians.

An Edward Said essay that could have been written today

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 14:16
A 14-year old essay by the late Edward Said speaks with remarkable insight into the problems afflicting the Palestinian national liberation struggle, and the strategies of Israeli colonialism.

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