Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
He led the Palestinian national movement for thirty-five years — from guerrilla warfare and exile across Cairo, Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia, to the Nobel Peace Prize, to house arrest in Ramallah. Palestinians call him a martyr. Israelis called him a terrorist. He died in a coma in 2004; some say poison, some say natural causes.
Born in Cairo around August 1929, Arafat studied at the University of King Fuad I, where he absorbed Arab nationalist ideas and fought alongside the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. After the Arab defeat, he served as president of the General Union of Palestinian Students from 1952 to 1956. In the late 1950s he co-founded Fatah, a paramilitary organization launching attacks on Israel from neighboring Arab states. By 1969 he was elected chair of the Palestinian National Council. Military clashes with Jordan's King Hussein forced Fatah into Lebanon in the early 1970s, where it fo…
Sourced, dated quotes from Yasser Arafat
Amanpour: Secretary of State Colin Powell has spoken to you, I understand. He has also spoken publicly. He called on you to rein in the violence.
This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.
The PLO will now concentrate on splitting Israel psychologically into two camps... We plan to eliminate the State of Israel and establish a Palestinian state.
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!
The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong.
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