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
We have no other alternative. And in spite of all the difficulties we are facing, we have one alternative: to carry on with the peace process. This is our strategic target.
We strive to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace, ... We don't want a breakdown of the peace process.
No one single house to be added. Not any expansion to any settlement,
I don't know. But you know we have condemned this. And not only that, I gave instructions to search who had sent this.
He was the only security chief who Arafat blindly relied on.
Peace is a one-way road, ... Let us together remove the obstacles facing us.
If there is any Arab problem we can solve it inside the Arab League. But we are going to deal with the other side, with the Israelis.... It is not me who will decide who will invite, to speak frankly. It is not me, it is not the Arab side, it is not the Israelis who will decide who will invite.
The most fatal mistake of this Israeli military junta is that they have the complex of the arrogance of power. This is their suicidal mistake.
I hope this will close the chapter forever,
We are a democratic - we are living in democracy.
He was the first U.S. president to say such a statement before the general assembly.
before Clinton finishes his term as Clinton has promised to exert all of his efforts.
When American administration will find that their interest is to follow up with the international conference and to find peace in this area, they will search not only for me, but for any Palestinian to speak with him. And they will say, "We have five million Arabs in the United States. We can't avoid them."
Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.