Yasser Arafat

Paul Cainer

Arafat died 20 years ago – what if he had lived?

I gained insight into his motivations when in July 2004 I secured what turned out to be his last television interview

By Paul Cainer

3 min read
The grave of Yasser Arafat, inside the Muqataa, Arafat's office compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 14 November 2004 (Getty Images)
The Arafat I knew was undermining Oslo from the very start

The Arafat I knew was undermining Oslo from the very start

6 min read
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (L), US President Bill Clinton (C), and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) pose for a photograph at Laurel Cabin the site where former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and former US President Jimmy Carter conducted peace talks in 1978, during the Middle East Peace Summit 11 July 2000 at Camp David, Maryland, the US presidential mountain top retreat. The peace talks are aimed at resolving the issues of the 52-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict including the status of Jerusalem, the borders and nature of a Palestinian state, and the future of Jewish settlers and Palestinian refugees. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Stephen JAFFE (Photo credit should read STEPHEN JAFFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel agreed to give up parts of Old City in 2000 peace negotiations with Palestinians

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