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Is There an Alternative to Arafat’s Leadership?

December 30, 2003 | Prof. Barry Rubin

Arafat is not a nationalist. If he was, he could have had a state in 1968, in 1979, at several points in the 1980s, and certainly in the year 2000. But he is not interested in the well-being of the Palestinian people, he's interested in the Palestinian cause. In many ways, one of the keys to understanding Arafat is that he is basically an old-fashioned Islamist, influenced by his early connections with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Undermining the War on Terrorism: The Role of Yasser Arafat and the Syrian Regime

October 19, 2003 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad

As long as Yasser Arafat remains the sovereign of the Palestinian entity, there is not the slightest chance for real peace. Peace, for Arafat, means one big Palestine from the Mediterranean to the Iraqi desert - including Jordan, the West Bank, and Israeli Arabs. The Oct. 4 bombing of a Haifa restaurant that killed 21 people was carried out by Islamic Jihad. Without Syria's support, it would be very difficult for this terror organization to function.

What Exactly Does Israel Have on Yasser Arafat?

September 30, 2003 | Eli Kazhdan

As of late September 2003, according to the head of Israeli military intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Zeevi-Farkash, orders for terrorist attacks were actually coming directly from Arafat's headquarters. As early as 1997, Arafat authorized Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks; he formed an umbrella group together with these Islamists organizations called the "Nationalist and Islamic Forces" that coordinated attacks against Israel, during the recent intifada, under the leadership of Fatah.

The New Arafat-Abu Mazen Cabinet: A Roadblock to Middle East Peace

April 24, 2003 | Amb. Dore Gold

The Influence of Palestinian Organizations on Foreign News Reporting

March 27, 2003 | Dr. Dan Diker

A New Palestinian Agenda After Iraq?

October 29, 2002 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad

Why Arafat Went to War: The Wrong Lessons from Lebanon and Kosovo

June 19, 2002 | Brig. Gen. Eival Gilady

A Primer for the Arab Summit in Beirut

March 26, 2002

Only Buffer Zones Can Protect Israel

February 27, 2002 | Amb. Dore Gold

Arafat’s Iraqi Connection

February 6, 2002

The PLO Weapons Ship from Iran

January 7, 2002

Yasser Arafat, Christmas, and the PFLP

December 25, 2001

One Year of Yasser Arafat’s Intifada: How It Started and How It Might End

October 1, 2001

Have the Palestinians Abandoned a Negotiated Settlement?

September 6, 2001

American Evenhandedness in the Mideast Peace Process: Lessons from Camp David II and the Al-Aqsa Intifada

December 15, 2000 | Saul Singer