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    Yasser Arafat

    Palestinian political leader

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  1. Yasser 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.

  2. Oct 11, 2023 · (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...

  3. Yasser Arafat - Palestinian Leader, Nobel Prize, PLO: On October 30, 1991, following the Persian Gulf War, the Madrid Conference—a peace conference including Arab countries, Palestinians, and Israel—opened under the joint presidency of the United States and the Soviet Union. There the Palestinians were represented not through the PLO ...

  4. Nov 13, 2014 · Yet 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...

  5. www.npr.org › palestinian-leader-yasser-arafat-dies-in-parisArafat Dies at 75 : NPR

    Nov 11, 2004 · The 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...

  6. Nov 6, 2013 · Profile: Yasser Arafat. The life and times of one of the Middle East’s most iconic personalities, whose cause of death had l. 6 Nov 2013. While the veteran leader long served as a symbol of...

  7. www.npr.org › palestinian-leader-yasser-arafat-dies-at-75Arafat Dies at 75 : NPR

    Nov 11, 2004 · Yasser Arafat, who for four decades symbolized the struggle for a Palestinian homeland, died early Thursday in a hospital near Paris. The Palestinian leader was 75. His body was being taken to...

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