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Participants in the Fatah congress in Ramallah clap and cheer before a speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Reuters

Fatah Picks Deputy Leader to Mahmoud Abbas

by Kafah Zaboun | Feb 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah-Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement has chosen Mahmoud al-Aloul as deputy party leader. Aloul is a member of the central committee of Fatah, which approved the decision amid criticism by supporters of Prisoner Marwan Barghouti, who was...

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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he gives a speech during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 10, 2016. (AFP/ ABBAS MOMANI)

Palestinian President: I Know Arafat’s Killer

by Kifah Ziboun | Nov 11, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he knew who killed Yasser Arafat, as he marked the 12th anniversary of the former leader’s death, but stopped short of giving a name. Speaking in front of thousands in Ramallah, Abbas said, “You ask me who killed him,...

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Museum Devoted to ‘Yasser Arafat’ Unveiled in Ramallah

by Kifah Ziboun | Nov 11, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Ramallah – Twelve years after Yasser Arafat’s death, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has launched “Arafat Museum”, which sheds the lights on the contemporary history of the Palestinian people. During the opening ceremony, Abbas expressed his gratefulness for...

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Palestinians are silhouetted as they walk in front of a large national flag during a rally in Gaza City on December 7, 2013, marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Palestinian Marxist revolutionary organization established in 1967. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS

Opinion: When will we have a Palestinian vision for the future?

by Bakir Oweida | Dec 21, 2013 | Opinion

In the sci-fi film Land of the Lost, scientist Rick Marshall says in a sad voice that he is a coward who is afraid of declaring his scientific theory publicly. His smartest student, Holly Cantrell, replies: “No, you are not a coward, you are a man of vision,” and...

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Palestinians hold candles and posters depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a rally marking the 9th anniversary of his death near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City November 11, 2013. Arafat’s body, wrapped in a Palestinian flag, was buried nine years ago, but conspiracy theories he was poisoned were never laid to rest, with […]

Opinion: The Tyranny of Deadly Devotion

by Bakir Oweida | Nov 24, 2013 | Opinion

From time to time, we need to repeat to ourselves things we know to be true. I reached this conclusion on Monday evening, when I watched a documentary on the UK’s Channel 5 called 7 Days that Made the Fuhrer. The irony is that I had already felt a similar impression...