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Bookmark or Share- Yasser Arafaft: Biography, Palestinian Political Leader, Facts(1929-2004) Synopsis. Born in Cairo in 1929, Yasser Arafat was named chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 40 years later. From this post, he was at the forefront of years of...
- Death of Yasser Arafat - WikipediaYasser Arafat, who was the President of the Palestinian National Authority and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died unexpectedly on 11 November 2004, 75 years of age, after a short period of illness. The cause of his death has since been debated, and several different theories concerning it have been suggested.
- Arafat Dies at 75 : NPRThe body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is being flown to Cairo today, where a funeral will be held tomorrow. Arafat died early this morning, Paris time, at a French hospital. He was 75...
- Yasser Arafat | Biography, History, & Facts | BritannicaYasser Arafat, first president of the Palestinian Authority (1996–2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah. In 1993 he led the PLO to a historic peace agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Israeli government.
- Yasser Arafat: why he still matters - The GuardianYet Yasser Arafat dominated Palestinian politics for a generation before his death 10 years ago. How did he do it, and how much of a shadow does he still cast? Hussein Agha and Ahmad Samih...
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