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
Yasser Arafat quotes about
We hope that we will have this agreement for the implementation of what had been agreed upon very soon.
We are not against opening talks, but we are in need of results and not talks.
We are seeking a four-way meeting. Our position has always been that the European Union must have a vital, effective role in this peace process,
to give Arafat a nudge, no -- more than that -- a push.
The Palestinian people have no national identity. I, Yasser Arafat, man of destiny, will give them that identity through conflict with Israel.
Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.
Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
All our moves are based on four general principles: continued use of the rifle, no waiving of historical rights, no peace, and no negotiations... Whatever form of government is established in the territory when the shadow of occupation passes away, whenever I address my fighters and revolutionaries, I shall say: 'Let our rifles be aimed at the beloved land, the land of the homeland, the land of Palestine
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs,... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem.
The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong. The Palestinian people are prepared to sacrifice the last boy and the last girl so that the Palestinian flag will be flown over the walls, the churches and the mosques of Jerusalem.
Let us be worthy of those who pin their hopes on us. May God bless you with success.
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.