Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa, popularly known as Yasser Arafator by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242. Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth24 August 1929
CityCairo, Egypt
We would like to reiterate that all sorts of armed activities should be stopped and there should be no more attacks, especially the suicide bombing attacks that we have always condemned. We will arrest those who have planned these attacks.
We are seeking a four-way meeting. Our position has always been that the European Union must have a vital, effective role in this peace process,
He was the only security chief who Arafat blindly relied on.
He was the first U.S. president to say such a statement before the general assembly.
our people are getting rid of the traitors one by one.
is very important for the international peace all over the world, which means it is very important for the biggest power all over the world -- America.
Regrettably, this is a dangerous escalation that drags the whole region into a very critical, bad and grave situation,
Peace is a one-way road, ... Let us together remove the obstacles facing us.
We had met. I had met Shimon Peres in Cairo, in Lisbon before that, before that my colleagues met him in Athens with the participation of the European Union's Javier Solana and we have no objection to meeting him at any time.
I would like to call on you to re-evaluate all our administrative, ministerial and security institutions after we have seen errors here and there, errors that cannot be hidden from the public opinion.
We told him that we are ready to consult and discuss with him the items of the proposals but that they should not be the only basis,
has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn't put aside.
We hope that we will have this agreement for the implementation of what had been agreed upon very soon.
Without a doubt, since the beginning we have welcomed American initiatives which we hope will succeed, especially in the upcoming London meetings.