Yasser Arafat: Difference between revisions

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|alias = Yasser Arafat Abu Ammar Leader of the Palestinians

|origin = Cairo, Egypt

|occupation = President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994 - 2004) Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1969 - 2004) Leader of Fatah (1959 - 2004)

|occupation = President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994 - 2004) Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1969 - 2004) Leader of [[Fatah]] (1959 - 2004)

|type of villain = Anti-Hero / Terrorist / Jingoist

|goals = Destroy Israel (formerly; failed) Establish the State of Palestine (partially successful) Broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine (partially successful)

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|hobby = }}

{{Quote|Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.|Yasser Arafat, quoted in ''The Times'', UK (5 August 1980).}}

'''Yasser Arafet''' (August 24th, 1929 – November 11th, 2004) was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of the State of Palestine.

'''Yasser Arafet''' (August 24th, 1929 – November 11th, 2004) was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the [[Fatah]] political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of the State of Palestine.

==Biography==

Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth and studied at the University of King Fuad I. While a student, he embraced Arab nationalist and anti-Zionist ideas. Opposed to the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, he fought alongside the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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 |alias = Yasser Arafat<br>Abu Ammar<br>Leader of the Palestinians
 |origin = Cairo, Egypt
-|occupation = President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994 - 2004)<br>Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1969 - 2004)<br>Leader of Fatah (1959 - 2004)
+|occupation = President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994 - 2004)<br>Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1969 - 2004)<br>Leader of [[Fatah]] (1959 - 2004)
 |type of villain = Anti-Hero / Terrorist / Jingoist
 |goals = Destroy Israel (formerly; failed)<br>Establish the State of Palestine (partially successful)<br>Broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine (partially successful)
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 |hobby = }}
 {{Quote|Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.|Yasser Arafat, quoted in ''The Times'', UK (5 August 1980).}}
-'''Yasser Arafet''' (August 24<sup>th</sup>, 1929 – November 11<sup>th</sup>, 2004) was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of the State of Palestine.
+'''Yasser Arafet''' (August 24<sup>th</sup>, 1929 – November 11<sup>th</sup>, 2004) was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the [[Fatah]] political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of the State of Palestine.
 ==Biography==
 Arafat was born to Palestinian parents in Cairo, Egypt, where he spent most of his youth and studied at the University of King Fuad I. While a student, he embraced Arab nationalist and anti-Zionist ideas. Opposed to the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, he fought alongside the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.