Excerpts from Yasser Arafat's diaries unveil a previously unknown non-aggression pact between the PLO and Italy, shedding light on his relationships with figures like Silvio Berlusconi and Fidel Castro, as well as his stance against Saddam Hussein.

The Death of Klinghoffer, an opera inspired by the 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, has faced controversy for its depiction of the events and the character of Leon Klinghoffer, an elderly Jewish man killed during the hijacking.