RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel is the only suspect in the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, the chief Palestinian investigator in the case alleged Friday, a day after Swiss scientists said the ...

“If Abu Mazen replaces Arafat, the critical question will be whether [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon will continue to act unilaterally, insisting that he does not yet have a Palestinian partner ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank - A defiant Yasser Arafat dug in at his besieged compound Monday, rejecting Israel's demand to hand over the names of all those holed up inside. The Bush administration called for ...

JERUSALEM -- Israel backed off Monday from threats to kill Yasser Arafat, while the incoming Palestinian prime minister ceded control over many Cabinet appointments to Arafat's Fatah party despite ...

Nationalists in Israel have called on Sharon to expel Arafat, who is accused by the United States and Israel of fanning the flames of terrorism against Israelis. But Sharon has bowed to U.S. pressure ...

WASHINGTON – The death of Yasser Arafat, which is reported to be near, will prompt renewed international and possibly American pressure on Israel to restart negotiations with those functionaries that ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel issued an ominous threat Thursday to ''remove" Yasser Arafat because he has failed to halt suicide bombings. Thousands of Palestinians rushed to Arafat's compound to protect ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel backed off Monday from threats to kill Yasser Arafat, while the incoming Palestinian prime minister ceded control over many Cabinet appointments to Arafat's Fatah party ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat rebuffed Secretary of State Colin Powell's demand Sunday for a halt to violence, saying Israel first must withdraw its troops from the West Bank.

RAMALLAH — The head of the Palestinian team looking into the death of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday again accused Israel of assassinating the iconic Palestinian leader in a Paris hospital. His comments ...

COLUMN. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president in Ramallah, hangs on to increasingly tenuous control. The most recent Fatah congress, a transparent attempt by Abbas to promote his own son within the ...

He did not present evidence of Israeli involvement, arguing only that Israel had the means and motive to kill him. Israel repeatedly has denied it was behind Arafat's death, and did so again Friday, ...