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Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Cairo in 1929, founded Al Fatah in the mid-1960s, and directed the PLO for decades. He died in 2004 in France from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Yasser Arafat was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1929 to a Palestinian father, Abdel Raouf al Qudwa al Husseini, and an Egyptian mother, Zahwa Abul Saud. He adopted the name Yasir as a teenager. At age 14, he was involved in gunrunning for Arab guerrillas during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. In 1955, Arafat graduated from Cairo University with a degree in engineering.
Arafat established Al Fatah, the Movement for the Liberation of Palestine, from his base in Kuwait in the mid-1960s. After the 1967 Six-Day War, he became chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. During the 1970s, he directed the PLO in a series of attacks against Israel. In the 1980s, he distanced himself from violent factions like the Abu Nidal group. In 1994, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Arafat married Suha Tawil in 1990; they had a daughter, Zahwa, born in 1995. He was a huge fan of Tom and Jerry cartoons and would not be disturbed while watching. His siblings were Khadija, Fathi, and Jamal.
Arafat’s legacy is complex: a Nobel laureate who also led a movement that used terrorism. A symbol of Palestinian nationalism, Arafat remains polarizing. His awards include the Order of the White Lion and the Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope. He is remembered as the chairman of the PLO.
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This Is My Homeland No One Can Kick Me Out.
Peace for Us Means the Destruction of Israel. We Are Preparing for an All Out War, a War Which Will Last for Generations.
I Come Bearing an Olive Branch in One Hand, and the Freedom Fighter’s Gun in the Other. Do Not Let the Olive Branch Fall from My Hand.
The Victory March Will Continue Until the Palestinian Flag Flies in Jerusalem and in All of Palestine.
We Plan to Eliminate the State of Israel and Establish a Purely Palestinian State. We Will Make Life Unbearable for Jews by Psychological Warfare and Population Explosion. We Palestinians Will Take Over Everything, Including All of Jerusalem.
Whoever Stands by a Just Cause Cannot Possibly Be Called a Terrorist.
Our Law Is a Jordanian Law That We Inherited, Which Applies to Both the West Bank and Gaza, and Sets the Death Penalty for Those Who Sell Land to Israelis.
In Order to Obtain the Goal of Returning to Palestine, All of Us Sometimes Have to Grit Our Teeth.
Palestine Is the Cement That Holds the Arab World Together, or It Is the Explosive That Blows It Apart.
Whoever Thinks of Stopping the Uprising Before It Achieves Its Goals, I Will Give Him Ten Bullets in the Chest.
The Palestinian Rifle Is Ready and We Will Aim It If They Try to Prevent Us from Praying in Jerusalem.
We Will Not Bend or Fail Until the Blood of Every Last Jew from the Youngest Child to the Oldest Elder Is Spilt to Redeem Our Land!
It’s Always Convenient for Certain People to Heap Accusations on Israel.
Little-known facts about Yasser Arafat โ origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
He was reportedly a huge Tom and Jerry fan and would make guests wait if they interrupted him watching an episode.
He had one daughter, Zahwa, born July 24, 1995, in Paris.
His look-alike puppet appeared in the French show Les Guignols de l’info 1988.
Although often said to have been born in Jerusalem, Arafat was born August 4, 1929, in Cairo, Egypt, the sixth of seven children of a Palestinian merchant and his wife.
He was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.
His hobby was watching Warner Brothers cartoons.
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