A Swiss forensic team has declared that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was practically bursting at the seams with polonium when he died in 2004, adding to fuel to the fire of long-running ...

His travel ban lifted, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat toured battle-scarred West Bank towns Monday, but skipped his most anticipated stop, at the Jenin refugee camp. Israel's ruling Likud Party, ...

This year, Arafat Day is expected to fall on Tuesday May 26, followed by Eid Al Adha from Wednesday May 27, to Friday May 29 ...

Yitzhak Pass is comforted by relatives and friends as he prays in front of the body of his daughter Shalhevet during her funeral procession in Hebron on Sunday JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Funerals were held ...

For the past week — since the ailing Yasser Arafat was flown to a French military hospital — Maher Qaddumi and his son, Anan, have talked frequently about the man and his legacy. Their conversations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Paul Taylor PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his ...

(AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank - The widow of Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that French investigators will soon visit the West Bank to dig up the remains of her husband in hopes of determining what killed ...

Yasser Arafat’s medical records do not give conclusive results regarding what caused his death, The New York Times and Haaretz newspapers reported Thursday, prompting Palestinian officials to call for ...

JERUSALEM — A stroke caused the death of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat last year, but French doctors were unable to determine the underlying cause of health problems that sent him into ...

Arafat called for an end to all "armed activities" in a television address Sunday. "I call for a complete stop to all activities, especially the suicide attacks that we condemn always," the ...

Al-Jazeera is getting attention for its reports that traces of polonium-210 have been found on items, including clothing, belonging to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The story has led to ...