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Then prime minister Tony Blair (right) with then Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, outside Downing Street.
July 23, 2024, 9:38 am
Tony Blair government warned Israel over ‘out of control’ troops in West Bank
Papers released by the National Archives today reveal exasperation of western allies as the IDF laid siege to the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2002
By Jewish News Reporter
No great shakes: Rabin, Clinton and Arafat on the White House lawn in September 1993 signing the Oslo Accords
September 13, 2023, 12:37 pm
Thirty years after Oslo Accords: What went wrong and what now?
Jewish News spoke with Yossi Beilin, Israel's negotiator, and Nasser Al Qudwa, Yasser Arafat's nephew and former foreign minister, on the 30th anniversary of the Oslo Accords.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Yasser Arafat, Hosni Mubarak, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres during peace negotiations
May 24, 2021, 6:54 pm
‘There’s a difference between leaders like Rabin and small, petty politicians’
Stephen Applebaum speaks to Dror Moreh about The Human Factor, a new documentary exploring how personalities have impacted the Middle East peace process
By Stephen Applebaum
Agnès Callamard, the new secretary-general of Amnesty International
April 15, 2021, 8:50 am
Amnesty International chief retracts ‘Israel murdered Arafat’ claim
The organisation's new secretary-general Agnès Callamard had claimed Israel's president 'admitted' the Palestinian leader's murder
By Michael Daventry
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
January 15, 2019, 10:05 am
Mahmoud Abbas to assume chairmanship of major UN bloc
Veteran leader will take over from Egypt as the head of the Group of 77 which focuses on developing countries
By JTA
President Clinton presides over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
September 13, 2018, 8:46 am
Oslo Accords at 25: Peace in pieces
It was supposed to signal an end to enmity but, 25 years on, Oslo was perhaps the greatest missed opportunity for peace
By Jenni Frazer
January 30, 2017, 3:07 pm
Madonna, Blair, Putin and Bin Laden in celebrity Megillah
Characters from the Purim story portrayed as figures from the world of politics and entertainment in a Megillah to be auctioned this week.
By Yael Klein
The aftermath of a terror attack in Israel
November 13, 2016, 8:49 am
Terror attacks in Israel up by nearly 30 percent
A total of 153 incidents were recorded in October, compared to 109 in September according to Shin Bet security agency
By JTA
Shimon Peres
September 28, 2016, 6:49 am
MR ISRAEL – Shimon Peres: 1923 – 2016
Shimon Peres passes away aged 93 after having served and embodied Israel throughout his life
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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