Yasser Arafat
Politician
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Prisoner swap could win release of popular leaderPolls show the diminutive, chubby Barghouti is the most popular Palestinian leader since the late Yasser Arafat. The former leader of Arafat's venerable Fatah movement in the West Bank, he has avoided the reputation for corruption... In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Fatah, West Bank, Gaza, Yasser Arafat, Gilad Schalit, and Jerusalem |
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GlobalPost | 7 days ago
Is Mahmoud Abbas really ready to quit this time?
...Mahmoud Abbas, announced last week that he wouldn't run for re-election in the proposed January elections. Back when he was Yasser Arafat's deputy in the Palestine Liberation Organization, Abbas sulked off to his home in the Persian Gulf...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Israel, Ramallah, U.S., Palestinian food, Central Committee, and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
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Reuters | November 19, 2009
Palestinian leader wants popular, diplomatic action
...in writing to questions from Reuters delivered by his lawyers. Before his arrest, Barghouti had been seen as a contender to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader -- a position assumed by current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...
In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Israel, Gaza, West Bank, and Appropriation
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | November 13, 2009
Palestinian Affairs: Is Mahmoud Abbas becoming chairman Arafat?
Talkbacks for this article: 0 Is Mahmoud Abbas becoming chairman Arafat? During the last two years of Yasser Arafat's failing rule of the Palestinian Authority and his bitter conflict with Abbas, it was clear who was the terrorist and who...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Hamas, Marwan Barghouti, US, Central Committee, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, and Al-Ayyam
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Charlotte Observer | November 11, 2009
Palestinian hopes dim 5 years after Arafat death
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of the late Yasser Arafat during a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of his death in the West Bank city of in Ramallah...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Ramallah, Paris, and Palestinian militants
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
After Arafat
Palestinians in Ramallah marked the fifth anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death There was almost a party atmosphere near the tomb of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah. People danced and waved flags to patriotic songs, blasted at full volume.
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Nablus, West Bank, Ramallah, Fritter, Trademark, and Palestinian militants
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Palestinians mark Arafat's death
Mr Abbas took over as head of Fatah and the PLO after Yasser Arafat died Thousands of Palestinians have flocked to the grave of their former leader, Yasser Arafat, in Ramallah to mark five years since his death. Palestinian Authority...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Fatah, Israel, Gaza, and East Jerusalem
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Fatah says Hamas holds dozens on Arafat anniversary
...Islamist Hamas rulers of detaining dozens of its members on Tuesday to stop them marking the 5th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat. Fatah officials said Hamas security forces carried out a wave of arrests the Gaza Strip that...
In this article: Fatah, Hamas, Gaza, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Allegation, and Mahmoud Abbas
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 10, 2009
Palestinians adrift five years after Arafat's death
Every time Nader Ismail comes to Ramallah he makes his way to the white mausoleum of Yasser Arafat, the father of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, to say a prayer. Palestinians walk past posters depicting Yasser Arafat, who died...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Gaza, West Bank, Ramallah, and Israel
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Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, 24 August 1929–11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (ياسر عرفات) or by his kunya Abu Ammar (أبو عمار), was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and leader of the Fatah political party, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242.
Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into Lebanon, Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions of that country. He was "revered by many Arabs," and the majority of the Palestinian people, regardless of political ideology or faction, viewed him as a freedom fighter who symbolized their national aspirations. However, he was "reviled by many Israelis" and described "in much of the West as the world's number one terrorist" for the attacks his faction led against civilians.
In late 2004, after effectively being confined within his Ramallah compound for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill and fell into a coma. While the exact cause of his death remains unknown, doctors spoke of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and cirrhosis, but no autopsy was performed. Arafat died on 11 November 2004 at the age of 75.
- Birth Date:
- August 24, 1929
- Birthplace:
- Cairo, Egypt
- Death Date:
- November 11, 2004
- Place of Death:
- Paris, France
- Religion:
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality:
- Palestinian
- Spouse:
- Suha Arafat
- Political party:
- Fatah
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