Person: President Yasser Arafat

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Taoiseach backs Palestine's new leader

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today wrote to the new Palestinian president to pledge Ireland’s support for early progress in the Middle East peace process.

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Arafat ‘between life and death’ as row erupts

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Checkpoint bomb kills two Palestinians

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Israeli army kills three Palestinians as search ends

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Qurie denies threat to quit over Arafat reform row

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Wall barrier to peace, says Palestinian prime minister

Arafat extends term of Palestinian government

PRESIDENT Yasser Arafat extended the term of a Palestinian emergency government yesterday in a sign he expected a power struggle with his prime minister to delay creation of a new cabinet.

Wed, 05 Nov, 2003

Israel agrees to hand over West Bank cities to Palestinians

ISRAEL agreed yesterday to hand security control over the West Bank cities of Jericho and Qalqilya to Palestinians next week in what it called a step to firm up a ceasefire and advance a US-backed peace plan.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2003

Palestinian terror groups may call truce

Palestinian terror groups held out the prospect of a truce today as the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers prepared to take another step on the road map to peace.

Thu, 29 May, 2003

Abbas will not talk peace unless Arafat is free to travel

PALESTINIAN prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said he would not visit foreign capitals to discuss peace moves until Israel allowed President Yasser Arafat to travel freely again.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2003

Palestinians bid to break deadlock in cabinet position row

PALESTINIAN mediators yesterday stepped up efforts to break a deadlock between prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas and President Yasser Arafat over security powers in a new government.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2003

Blair’s Mideast peace hopes

THE new “road map” to peace in the Middle East could result in a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Sat, 15 Mar, 2003

More than 140 injured during nine-hour raid on refugee camp

ISRAELI forces killed 11 Palestinians, including some torn apart by a tank shell, when troops stormed a Gaza Strip refugee camp yesterday after a suicide bomber killed 15 people on an Israeli bus.

Fri, 07 Mar, 2003

Two die in suicide bus bomb

A PALESTINIAN suicide bomber killed a woman and wounded 12 other people by blowing himself up near a bus in Israel yesterday after the driver and passengers stopped him boarding.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2002

Two Palestinian militants shot dead by Israelis

ISRAELI forces killed two Palestinian militants yesterday, including one wanted for plotting a suicide bombing, as they were returning to their hiding place in a West Bank cave.

Wed, 07 Aug, 2002

Palestinians shoot dead rabbi in reprisal for 15 dead

PALESTINIANS shot dead a rabbi from a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday in what militants called the first response to an Israeli air strike that killed 15 Palestinians, including a top militant.

Fri, 26 Jul, 2002

Tension remains as more die

PALESTINIAN gunmen killed an Israeli officer in the Gaza Strip and Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank yesterday, ensuring tension remains high despite a resumption of talks between the sides.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2002

Israeli soldiers shoot dead five Palestinian policemen

It has been reported that Israeli soldiers have shot dead five Palestinian policemen in the West Bank.

Sat, 30 Mar, 2002