Yassin, Ahmed

Yassin, Ahmed

The Intensifying Arab World: A Region on the Brink

The assassination of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin by Israel on Monday triggered a wave of intense, spontaneous reactions throughout the Arab world, providing a profound insight into the prevailing mood in the region, one year after the American-led coalition launched a war to change the regime in Iraq. The

Yassin, Ahmed

International Condemnation for Israel's Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin

As the largest public demonstration of support for a Palestinian leader since Yassir Arafat's return to Gaza in 1994, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's funeral procession drew tens of thousands of people into the streets of the Gaza Strip. The wheelchair-bound Hamas leader was struck by Israeli missiles