Thousands of Palestinians are marking five years since the death of Yasser Arafat, their iconic leader who led them for nearly four decades, pushing the struggle for an independent homeland onto the world stage. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, addressing a rally
honouring Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, where Palestinians remain divided, said he was extending a hand to Hamas for reconciliation. Read more…
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated in one of his farewell speeches that the Palestinians should be blamed for not signing a Peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Olmert said that Israel did everything and was ready to compromise for the sake of peace. As his former leaders, Olmert blamed the Palestinians for the failure. Read more…
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Exactly before three years and at a time like this time, the Palestinians were wondering and asking about the faith of their leader and president Yasser Arafat. Although the Palestinian people were divided into several political movements, but at the time they realized they are about to lose a real signal of their patriotic case, they all united and kept on waiting silently for the event that changed the Read more…
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