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Yasir Arafat 2004 Deaths

Yasir ArafatAge: 75 head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) who for decades led the Palestinian people in their often violent quest for a Palestinian state. Arafat, Shimon Peres,…

Yasir Arafat, 1998 News

Palestinian leader, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, brokered a reluctant peace agreement in Maryland with the help of President Clinton and King Hussein of Jordan. The…

Rabin, Yitzhak

(Encyclopedia) Rabin, YitzhakRabin, Yitzhakyĭtskhäkˈ räbēnˈ [key], 1922–95, Israeli general and statesman, b. Jerusalem, the first native-born prime minister of Israel (1974–77, 1992–95). His…

Habash, George

(Encyclopedia) Habash, George, 1925?–2008, Palestinian guerrilla leader. When Israel was established (1948), he fled to Lebanon, where he attended the American Univ. of Beirut (M.D., 1951). He…

U.S. Champions

Years 1857-71 Paul Morphy 1871-76 George Mackenzie 1876-80 James Mason 1880-89…

hajj

(Encyclopedia) hajjhajjhäj [key], the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the five basic requirements (arkan or “pillars”) of Islam. Its annual observance corresponds to the major holy day id…

Axis of Nuclear Provocation

—Borgna Brunner In an attempt to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Israel and the United States resolved to circumvent Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, whom Israeli prime…