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Nov 14, 2004 · One mystery of Yasser Arafat's life seemed unsolved at the time of his death: How much money did he have, and where is it? In the mid-1990s, Arafat controlled a financial empire worth at least $3 billion. By the time of his death, he was down to his last $1 billion, according to Israeli intelligence estimates.
Nov 7, 2004 · Arafat's secret assets have been estimated at anywhere between $200 million ( Forbes magazine) and $6 billion (U.S. and Israeli intelligence). Forbes listed him ninth in its ranking of...
Feb 10, 2013 · Sun 10 Feb 2013 09.58 EST. Yasser Arafat's widow has said she tried to leave her husband hundreds of times and that had she known what marriage to the Palestinian leader would be like, she would ...
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Soon after his departure from Paris, Arafat asked Suha to come and work with him in Tunisia (where the Palestinian Liberation Organization had set up a haven). Suha secretly married Arafat on 17 July 1990, when she was aged 27 and he was 61. Their only child, daughter Zahwa, was born on 24 July 1995 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
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Nov 12, 2004 · Ranked sixth on Forbes magazine’s 2003 list of “the richest kings, queens and despots,” with an estimated private coffer of at least $300 million, Arafat never divulged his finances during ...
Nov 7, 2003 · Arafat has always lived modestly, which you can't say about his wife, Suha. According to Israeli officials, she gets $100,000 a month from Arafat out of the Palestinian budget, and lives lavishly ...
Nov 9, 2003 · Social Safety Net; State & Local Finance; ... Arafat accumulated another $1 billion with the help of—of all people—the Israelis. ... Indyk says, “that money is transferred to Yasser Arafat ...
