Yasser Arafat
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US, Israel act to stop Abbas quitting for fear of alternatives...the newcomer to Ramallah was a died-in-the wool rejectionist of peace diplomacy. He even opted to stay in Tunis to defy Yasser Arafat on the 1993 Oslo accords. Now both the Americans and Israelis rue their decision, dismayed at the... In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, West Bank, European Union, Washington, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Ramallah |
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Guardian Unlimited | November 12, 2009
Mahmoud Abbas puts off Palestinian elections
...for Barack Obama. On Wednesday Abbas used the fifth anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, to insist that he would not resume talks unless Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, backed down. Netanyahu has...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Barack Obama, Israel, Fatah, West Bank, Middle East, and Binyamin Netanyahu
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Independent.co.uk - World | November 16, 2009
Donald Macintyre: Palestinians throw down challenge to Obama and UN
...a state and invite international recognition for it - is not new. It was made a decade ago by Yasser Arafat when Benjamin Netanyahu, then as now, was Prime Minister. It was made again after the collapse of the Camp David talks a year...
In this article: UN, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Barack Obama, Salam Fayyad, West Bank, Middle East, and Terms of reference
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Boston Globe -- Editorial / Opinion | November 03, 2009
Digs confirm legitimacy of Jewish claims to the land
...Arab insistence on maximal and unrealistic demands. Yasser Arafat refused Israeli concessions far greater than those of the current government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Current archaeological excavations are basically a...
In this article: Land of Israel, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Jerusalem
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AP Online | November 11, 2009
Netanyahu in Paris with peace efforts in peril
...the only option. Netanyahu's visit to France comes as Palestinians living in the West Bank are marking five years since the death of their legendary leader, Yasser Arafat, who died in a Paris region military hospital. Israeli officials...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Mahmoud Abbas, Mideast, France, Tehran, Iran, and Anxiety
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National Post | November 05, 2009
PLO's Abbas won't seek re-election
...his move earlier in the day said they insisted he must stand as they had no one else. Mr. Abbas, who replaced the late Yasser Arafat five years ago, reserved some of his strongest condemnation for his domestic Islamist opponents Hamas, who...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Israel, West Bank, Fatah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, and Ramallah
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 12, 2009
Abbas stands firm over demand for end to settlements
Nasser al-Qidwa, a Fatah leader and possible successor to Mr Abbas, accused Israel of having poisoned Arafat, whose death in Paris at the age of 75 after falling ill in the Muqata compound has never been fully explained. Mr...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Fatah, Bernard Kouchner, Barack Obama, Ramallah, Muqata, and Paris
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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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