Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa, popularly known as Yasser Arafator by his kunya Abu Ammar, 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 and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. 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...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth24 August 1929
CityCairo, Egypt
He was the only security chief who Arafat blindly relied on.
He was the first U.S. president to say such a statement before the general assembly.
This was a very successful agreement, ... It is a very important start to achieve real peace and to avoid military activity.
to give Arafat a nudge, no -- more than that -- a push.
We would like to reiterate that all sorts of armed activities should be stopped and there should be no more attacks, especially the suicide bombing attacks that we have always condemned. We will arrest those who have planned these attacks.
Most of the talk will be concentrated on how best we can go back to the negotiation table.
So here we extend our hand to you in reconciliation, and we extend the olive branch to resume the path that we began in Madrid and Oslo,
No one single house to be added. Not any expansion to any settlement,
is more than realistic because according to the signed agreements ... our state should have been declared by 1998 or 1999.
Our duty today, the duty of all of us is to continue the work that I started with my late partner Yitzhak Rabin, to protect the peace of the brave and to continue and complete that work,
complete and immediate cessation of all military activities ... especially suicide attacks.
They stood by our side when we were in the worst situation.
This is untrue. The ship belongs to Hezbollah, which bought it from its Iraqi owner for $400,000,
strike terror in your enemy ... if they want peace, then let's have peace.