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Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh
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The attack on the Israeli embassy in New Delhi serves as a stark reminder that Hezbollah may not have given up on avenging the death of its once top leader.

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Prime minister's gift omits Muslim holy sites, inflaming passions

This week in Haaretz, 1997.

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Coptic cellar - Emil Salman - 30122011
Israel court stumped by holy row over property near Church of the Holy Sepulchre

In 1996, the owner of the store over the basement was abducted under orders of Arafat, who was asked by Egypt's Mubarak to persuade him to give basement to Copts - he refused.

by Nir Hasson 5 comments
Newt Gingrich and Yasser Arafat.
After Gingrich says Palestinians 'invented,' picture emerges of U.S. Presidential hopeful with Yasser Arafat

The Huffington Post receives a photograph of the two from an unnamed political operative, in which the Republican and former Palestinian President are seen shaking hands.

by Natasha Mozgovaya and Yishai Halper 120 comments
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The curse of Gaza

Yasser Arafat is long dead, but his curse lives on: We are still drinking the seawater of Gaza, cursed water, salty and dirty, you can neither swallow it nor vomit it out.

by Yossi Sarid 0 comments
Like on the first Land Day

"Armed Hamas policemen who were stationed in the streets and watching the masses of people marching toward the square, gazed down at the ground. Out of shame. They saw themselves the way the marchers to the memorial rally for Yasser Arafat saw them - like Israeli policemen on the first Land Day in Israel."

by Amira Hass 0 comments
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a flop

Before the Israeli leadership asks the Palestinians to change their attitude, it must first undergo a dramatic psychological and ideological change of its own.

by Uzi Benziman 0 comments
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Mubarak gallery 2 abbas - AP - November 11 2010 Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat Gaza mural
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli government sharply divided over response to Syria unrest 43 comments
Bus crash - Daniel Bar-On - 24.5.2011
At least 5 killed as Palestinian children's bus, truck collide in Jerusalem 0 comments
Mohammed Al dura - AP
Israeli physician acquitted of libel against Mohammed al-Dura's father 20 comments
Apartheid Week - February 2012
Natasha Mozgovaya / U.S. Jews battle apartheid charges made against Israel 6 comments