Mr Avnery was about to become the first Israeli to formally meet the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat. He recalls his route to the encounter with his country's sworn enemy - "a bit dangerous", he ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hasurged European leaders to cut off ties with Yasser Arafat, and a key Sharon aide said Israel would consider deporting the Palestinian leader if he continued ...

Avnery, who pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, stoked controversy by meeting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the early 1980s. He also founded an influential left-wing ...