Yasser Arafat: Difference between revisions

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|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 (failed) Establish the State of Palestine (partially successful) Broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine (partially successful)

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

|crimes = [[War crimes]] [[Terrorism]] [[Arms trafficking]] Extrajudicial [[murder]] [[Torture]] Human rights abuses

|hobby = }}

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'''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.

Returning to Cairo, he served as president of the General Union of Palestinian Students from 1952 to 1956. In the latter part of the 1950s he co-founded Fatah, a paramilitary organisation seeking the disestablishment of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian state. Fatah operated within several Arab countries, from where it launched attacks on Israeli targets.

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Arafat associated himself with a number of controversial figures, including [[Idi Amin]] (he served as the best man at Amin's third wedding), [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Fidel Castro]], and [[Muammar Gaddafi]].

From 1983 to 1993, Arafat based himself in Tunisia, and began to shift his approach from open conflict with the Israelis to negotiation. In 1988, he acknowledged Israel's right to exist and sought a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In 1994 he returned to Palestine, settling in Gaza City and promoting self-governance for the Palestinian territories. He engaged in a series of negotiations with the Israeli government to end the conflict between it and the PLO. These included the Madrid Conference of 1991, the 1993 Oslo Accords and the 2000 Camp David Summit.

In 1994 Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, for the negotiations at Oslo. However, tensions remained between Israel and Palestine, especially when [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] was elected Prime Minister in 1996. Netanyahu opposed the idea of Palestinian statehood. In 1998, US President Bill Clinton persuaded the two leaders to meet. The resulting Wye River Memorandum detailed the steps to be taken by the Israeli government and PNA to complete the peace process.

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 |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 (failed)<br>Establish the State of Palestine (partially successful)<br>Broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine (partially successful)
+|goals = Destroy Israel (formerly; failed)<br>Establish the State of Palestine (partially successful)<br>Broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine (partially successful)
 |crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>Extrajudicial [[murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Human rights abuses
 |hobby = }}
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 '''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.
 Returning to Cairo, he served as president of the General Union of Palestinian Students from 1952 to 1956. In the latter part of the 1950s he co-founded Fatah, a paramilitary organisation seeking the disestablishment of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian state. Fatah operated within several Arab countries, from where it launched attacks on Israeli targets.
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 Arafat associated himself with a number of controversial figures, including [[Idi Amin]] (he served as the best man at Amin's third wedding), [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Fidel Castro]], and [[Muammar Gaddafi]].
 From 1983 to 1993, Arafat based himself in Tunisia, and began to shift his approach from open conflict with the Israelis to negotiation. In 1988, he acknowledged Israel's right to exist and sought a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In 1994 he returned to Palestine, settling in Gaza City and promoting self-governance for the Palestinian territories. He engaged in a series of negotiations with the Israeli government to end the conflict between it and the PLO. These included the Madrid Conference of 1991, the 1993 Oslo Accords and the 2000 Camp David Summit.
 In 1994 Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, for the negotiations at Oslo. However, tensions remained between Israel and Palestine, especially when [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] was elected Prime Minister in 1996. Netanyahu opposed the idea of Palestinian statehood. In 1998, US President Bill Clinton persuaded the two leaders to meet. The resulting Wye River Memorandum detailed the steps to be taken by the Israeli government and PNA to complete the peace process.