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Reverend Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)
February 17, 2026, 3:11 pm
Rev. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights icon with rocky ties to Jews, dies at 84
Protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. led Black causes for decades and broke barriers as a presidential candidate; he also had to apologize for referring to NYC as ‘Hymietown’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Members of the Palestine Liberation Organization depart from Beirut, Lebanon, August 25, 1982. (AP/Saleh Rifai)
October 10, 2025, 4:09 pm
As Hamas pressured to leave Gaza, experts see echoes of 1982 PLO exit from Lebanon
Decades after Arafat was pushed out of Beirut, Hamas’s leaders may also choose exile over death; despite key differences, history shows what pitfalls may lie ahead for Israel
By Ben Sales
Menachem Rosensaft (courtesy) / Palestinians stand on the edge of a crater after Israeli military strikes in a tent camp for displaced people near Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, August 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 26, 2025, 7:47 pm
What Matters Now to legal expert Menachem Rosensaft: Israel is not committing genocide
The Columbia and Cornell law prof delves into the precise definition of genocide and its history, but warns that there may be a case that the Jewish state is guilty of war crimes
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dennis Ross (Courtesy)/ Demonstrators march during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 19, 2025, 7:07 pm
What Matters Now to Dennis Ross: There is a deal to be made to end the Gaza war
Former US negotiator and point man for the peace process — for Democrats and Republicans — analyzes the current stalemate and recalls similar situations at Camp David 25 years ago
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Former US president Bill Clinton (R) speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2024, in New York City, December 4, 2024. (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
December 5, 2024, 7:51 pm
Bill Clinton: Young Americans shocked to learn Arafat turned down Palestinian state
If ‘you walk away from once in a lifetime peace opportunities, you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors aren’t all still open,’ says former US president
By ToI Staff
(L-R) PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Mouldi Kefi, and Fatah's ex-Secretary General Farouk Kaddumi hold hands shortly after the Abbas's arrival in Tunis, Tunisia, November 10, 2011. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 3:40 pm
Farouk Kaddumi, Fatah hardliner who opposed Oslo Accords, dies in Amman at 93
Kaddumi was among Fatah’s founders, supported realignment with Hamas; he served as the faction’s head before fallout with Abbas, whom he accused of killing Arafat
By ToI Staff
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an interview with MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' program, aired May 9, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/NBC, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2024, 10:43 pm
Hillary Clinton: Anti-Israel protesters ‘don’t know very much’ about the Middle East
‘Propaganda is not education,’ says ex US secretary of state, slamming campus activists for ignorance of Palestinians’ rejection of husband Bill Clinton’s 2000 peace initiative
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
(L-R) Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on September 13, 1993. (Wikipedia)
August 30, 2023, 1:58 pm
‘Difficult deal’: Declassified protocols show Oslo Accords okayed with marked wariness
30 years later, key cabinet quotes reveal Rabin, Peres feared Palestinians wouldn’t forgo terror, weren’t giving enough for Israeli concessions; Rabin foreshadowed own assassination
By Michael Bachner
A Gazan preschooler stomps on an Israeli flag at a graduation ceremony, at the Young Deer Kindergarten in Beit Hanoun, in footage posted from May 24 - May 27, 2023. (MEMRI screenshot)
May 29, 2023, 9:18 pm
Gaza preschoolers stage mock liberation of ‘Palestinian land’
Children armed with prop guns and dressed in military garb trample over Israeli flag and perform military exercises at ceremony, as parents clap
By Michael Horovitz
File: Weapons displayed on the ship Karine A, seized by Israel in the Red Sea in January 2002. (IDF Spokesman)
March 13, 2023, 5:48 pm
Israel releases octogenarian behind Karine A arms smuggling ship
Former Arafat aide Fuad Shubaki, who was oldest Palestinian inmate in Israeli prison, is sent to West Bank after serving 17 years for role in foiled Iranian weapons transfer
By Agencies
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, Sept. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Hussein Hussein)
November 11, 2022, 5:50 pm
Decade-old testimony from PA probe into Arafat’s death leaked to Palestinian press
Outlets unveil accounts from top PA officials convinced of unproven claim that ex-leader was poisoned; source says leak aimed at settling scores amid Ramallah succession fight
By ToI Staff
Palestinians chant slogans and wave yellow Fatah movement flags during a rally marking the 18th anniversary of the death of Fatah founder and Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
November 11, 2022, 4:23 am
Tens of thousands attend rare Fatah rally in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip
Rally commemorating anniversary of Arafat’s death passes without incident, though Gaza’s Hamas rulers have in the past blocked demonstrations in solidarity with Abbas’s party
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks as he meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, March 27, 2022, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 21, 2022, 8:56 am
In first since 2001, Israel said set to okay helicopters for flights by PA top brass
Israeli officials reportedly recommend allowing Abbas to hold two choppers, to be stationed in Jordan, in bid to strengthen his rule
By ToI Staff
Nasser al-Kidwa, right, former minister for foreign affairs of the Palestinian Authority, in Gaza City on September 24, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 2:09 am
Arafat’s nephew returns to Gaza, mounting challenge against aging, unpopular Abbas
Nasser al-Kidwa builds support in terror-ruled Strip, calling Palestinian Authority ‘totalitarian’ and destructive, as PA’s rule appears increasingly tenuous
By AFP and ToI Staff
Then president of the United Nations Security Council and South Africa's deputy minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim shields his eyes from television lights during press briefing while the council breaks from a meeting on the Middle East, January 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
December 6, 2021, 3:59 pm
South African anti-apartheid, Palestinian rights advocate Ebrahim dies at 84
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, who was imprisoned in his home country before eventually rising to become a deputy minister, pressed his government to cut ties with Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
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