Yasser Arafat - Wikipedia
WEBYasser Arafat [a] (4 [3] [4] or 24 [5] [6] : 269 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, [b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [7]
Yasser Arafat | Biography, History, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 30, 1999 · Yasser Arafat was the first president of the Palestinian Authority (1996–2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah. In 1993 he led the PLO to a historic peace agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Israeli government.
Yasser Arafat – Facts - NobelPrize.org
WEBNov 11, 2004 · Yasser Arafat The Nobel Peace Prize 1994 . Born: 24 August 1929, Cairo, Egypt . Died: 11 November 2004, Paris, France . Residence at the time of the award: Palestine . Role: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO; President of the Palestinian National Authority Prize motivation: “for their efforts to create peace in the …
A brief biography of Yasser Arafat | Britannica
WEBApr 24, 2024 · Yasser Arafat, also spelled Yāsir ʿArafāt orig. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raʾūf al-Qudwah al-Ḥusaynī, (born August 1929—died Nov. 11, 2004, Paris, France), Palestinian leader. The date and place of his birth are disputed.
Yasser Arafaft: Biography, Palestinian Political Leader, Facts
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Yasser Arafat was a Palestinian political leader, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and first President of the Palestinian National Authority.
Arafat, Yasir (1929–2004) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBArafat, Yasir(1929–2004) Yasir Arafat was for decades the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and of its largest component group, Fatah. No other figure has been as closely identified with the Palestinian national struggle, nor were any nearly as colorful and widely known.
Death of Yasser Arafat - Wikipedia
WEBYasser 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.
1994 - Nobel Peace Prize
WEBIsrael was to withdraw gradually from occupied territories and to grant the Palestinians self-determination. The agreement was signed in Washington the same year, and in 1994 Rabin shared the Peace Prize with his own Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Rabin was born in Jerusalem.
Mount Arafat - Wikipedia
WEBMount Arafat (Arabic: جَبَل عَرَفَات, romanized: Jabal ʿArafāt, or جَبَل ٱلرَّحْمَة, Jabal ar-Raḥmah, 'Mountain of Mercy') is a granodiorite hill about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mecca, in the province of the same name in Saudi Arabia.
Yasir Arafat, Father and Leader of Palestinian Nationalism, Dies …
WEBNov 11, 2004 · Palestinian nationalist, guerrilla leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Yasir Arafat dies at age 75; was divisive figure central to peace talks and violence with Israel over Palestinian state ...
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