In 1978 the DFLP temporarily switched sides and joined the Rejectionist Front after clashing with Arafat on several issues, but it would continue to serve as a mediator in the factional disputes of the PLO.

An example of that, we find in March 1973 that Arafat tried to arrange for a meeting between the President of Iraq and the Emir of Kuwait in order to resolve their disputes.

According to Said Aburish, the government of Jordan and a number of Fatah commandos informed Arafat that large-scale Israeli military preparations for an attack on the town were underway, prompting fedayeen groups, such as George Habash's newly formed group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) and Nayef Hawatmeh's breakaway organization the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ), to withdraw their forces from the town.

Amnesty International accused Arafat and the PNA leadership for failing to adequately investigate abuses by the PSS ( including torture and unlawful killings ) of political opponents and dissidents as well as the arrests of human rights activists.

The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address.

However, the interim process put in place under Oslo had fulfilled neither Israeli nor Palestinian expectations, and Arafat argued that the summit was premature.

In it, Feith argued that the Oslo Accords were being undermined by Yasser Arafat's failure to fulfill peace pledges and Israel's failure to uphold the integrity of the accords it had concluded with Arafat.

" He argued that Yasser Arafat would be willing to accept Israel's right to exist but Ariel Sharon would never recognize a Palestinian state.

However, it is also argued that Suha met Arafat in 1987 and 1988, and helped organize his visit to Paris in 1989.

Eitan argued that Tibi has supported Palestinian terror throughout the intifada and served as an adviser to Chairman Yasser Arafat.

" Arafat relates the testimony of Ibn Hajar, who denounced this and other accounts as " odd tales " and quoted Malik ibn Anas, a contemporary of Ibn Ishaq, whom he rejected as a " liar ", an " impostor " and for seeking out the Jewish descendants for gathering information about Muhammad's campaign with their forefathers.

Nothing can illustrate this better than the story of the man who came to Umar Ibn al-Khattab as he was standing on the plain of Arafat and said:

This document, which was accepted by the Palestinian National Council ( PNC ) after lobbying by Fatah and DFLP, cautiously introduced the concept of a two-state solution in the PLO, and caused a split in the organization leading to the formation of the Rejectionist Front, where radical organizations such as the PFLP, PFLP-GC, Palestine Liberation Front and others gathered with the backing of Syria, Libya and Iraq to oppose Arafat and the mainstream PLO stance.

The Canard Enchaîné newspaper reported alleged leaks of information by unnamed medical sources at Percy hospital that had access to Arafat and his medical file.

A longer version of the video ( based on the " Hibakusha " mix ) included an introductory cut-up monologue by Richard Nixon taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign (" No .. firm diplomacy ... No .. peace for America and the world "), plus similar contributions from other world leaders, including Lord Beaverbrook, Yasser Arafat and John F. Kennedy.

Palestinian Authority rule under the leadership of Arafat suffered from serious mismanagement and corruption scandals.

* 2004 – The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes.

President Clinton received many messages of sympathy, including those from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Narasimha Rao of India.

On 14 December 1988, following an outcry from his 13 December General Assembly speech, Yasser Arafat called a press conference in Geneva to clarify his earlier statement by specifically mentioning the right of all parties concerned in the Middle East conflict to exist in peace and security, including the State of Palestine, Israel, and their neighbours.

Israel dismissed these statements of moderation from Arafat and the PNC resolution in Algiers, 1988 ( which had been sufficient to open a dialogue with the United States ) as " deceptive propaganda exercises " because ( among other objections ), " the PLO Covenant has not changed.

The articles identified by Arafat as nullified call for Palestinian unity in armed struggle, deny the legitimacy of the establishment of Israel, deny the existence of a Jewish people with a historical or religious connection to Palestine, and label Zionism a racist, imperialist, fanatic, fascist, aggressive, colonialist political movement that must be eliminated from the Middle East for the sake of world peace.

: The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Central Council will reaffirm the letter of 22 January 1998 from PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat to President Clinton concerning the nullification of the Palestinian National Charter provisions that are inconsistent with the letters exchanged between the PLO and the Government of Israel on 9 – 10 September 1993.

Yasser Arafat was the Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee from 1969 until his death in 2004.

These remarks from Arafat indicated a shift away from one of the PLO's primary aims — the destruction of Israel.

Arafat often spoke of the peace process in terms of " justice " for the Palestinians ; terms historian Efraim Karsh described as " euphemisms rooted in Islamic and Arabic history for the liberation of the whole of Palestine from ' foreign occupiers.

Furthermore, assassination attempts by radical Palestinian factions within the PLO since the early years of the peace process kept Arafat from expressing full, public support of the peace process or condemnation of terrorism without risking further danger to his own life.

Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries.

She died from a kidney ailment in 1933, when Arafat was four years of age.

Arafat ( second from right ) with other civil engineering students in Cairo University, September 1951

In early 1949, the war was winding down in Israel's favor, and Arafat returned to Cairo from a lack of logistical support.

After returning to the University, Arafat studied civil engineering and served as president of the General Union of Palestinian Students ( GUPS ) from 1952 to 1956.

However, Arafat also dropped Abdel Rahman and Abdel Raouf from his name as well.

As Arafat began to develop friendships with Palestinian refugees ( some of whom he knew also from his Cairo days ), he and the others gradually founded the group that became known as Fatah.

In accordance with his ideology, Arafat generally refused to accept donations to his organization from major Arab governments, in order to act independently of them.

In 1962, Arafat and his closest companions migrated to Syria — a country sharing a border with Israel — which had recently seceded from its ephemeral union with Nasser's Egypt.

Walid N. Arafat and Barakat Ahmad have disputed that the Banu Qurayza were killed on quite such a large scale.

In 1991 the DFLP split, with a minority faction led by Yasser Abd Rabbo ( who had become increasingly close to Yasser Arafat ) favouring the Madrid negotiations that led initially to limited Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Several of them gained their positions through the patronage of Yasser Arafat, who balanced above the different factions, and the era after his death in 2004 has seen increased infighting among these groups, who jockey for influence over future development, the political line, funds, and constituencies.

Abu Daoud, who lived with his wife on a pension provided by the Palestinian Authority, has said that “ the Munich operation had the endorsement of Arafat ,” although Arafat was not involved in conceiving or implementing the attack.

Although Nasser and his Arab allies had been defeated, Arafat and Fatah could claim a victory, in that the majority of Palestinians, who had up to that time tended to align and sympathize with individual Arab governments, now began to agree that a ' Palestinian ' solution to their dilemma was indispensable.

Though advised by a pro-Fatah Jordanian divisional commander to withdraw his men and headquarters to the nearby hills, Arafat refused, stating, " We want to convince the world that there are those in the Arab world who will not withdraw or flee.

Amid the post-war environment, the profiles of Arafat and Fatah were raised by this important turning point, and he came to be regarded as a national hero who dared to confront Israel.

However, due to the hostility of relations between Arafat and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad ( who had previously ousted President Salah Jadid ), the Palestinian fighters crossed the border into Lebanon to join PLO forces in that country, where they set up their new headquarters.

In addition, some circles within the US State Department viewed Arafat as an able diplomat and negotiator who could get support from many Arab governments at once.

The LNM was led by Kamal Jumblatt, who had a friendly relationship with Arafat and other PLO leaders.

" The Civil War's first phase ended and Arafat — who was commanding Fatah forces at Tel al-Zaatar — narrowly escaped with assistance from Saudi and Kuwaiti diplomats.

Arafat was finally allowed to leave his compound on 2 May after intense negotiations led to a settlement: six PFLP militants — including the organization's secretary-general Ahmad Sa ' adat — wanted by Israel, who had been holed up with Arafat in his compound, would not be turned over to Israel, but neither would they be held in custody by the PNA.

Israeli officials denied any connection with the recent finds., and Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, who specializes in espionage stories, reported that based on his research Israel did not kill Arafat, claiming that then-Prime Minister Sharon rejected suggestions by the military to do so since the negative publicity would outweigh the advantages.

After the historical handshake with Yasser Arafat, Rabin said, on behalf of the Israeli people: " We who have fought against you, the Palestinians, we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears ...

The only group that waged uninterrupted attrition against Arafat was the Fatah Revolutionary Council led by maverick hardliner Sabri al-Banna ( better known as Abu Nidal ), who was viewed by other Palestinian organizations as not so much a guerrilla as a pure criminal with no higher goal than deposing the moderates at the head of the PLO.

Kaufman also claimed that it was " too late " for Israel to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claiming that " they could have negotiated with Fatah's previous President Yasser Arafat, who was a friend of mine.

His visit with Arafat was among the reasons he became estranged from his mother, Hilda Ostermann, who disinherited him.

In her will, Hilda wrote " I do not leave a penny to my son Uri, who instead of taking care of me went off to visit that murderer Yasser Arafat ".

Their second son is Yasser Abbas, a Canadian businessman who was named after former PA leader Yasser Arafat.

During the campaign, Parris, referring to the issue of the Gulf War, said, " The only three people I know who support Saddam Hussein's position are Moammar Gadhafi, Yasser Arafat, and Jim Moran.

Erekat was also, along with Arafat and Faisal Husseini, one of the three high-ranking Palestinians who asked Ariel Sharon not to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque in September 2000, an event which allegedly sparked off the Second Intifada. He also acted as Yasser Arafat's English interpreter.

Famous people who participated in festivals included Angela Davis, Yuri Gagarin, Yasser Arafat, Fidel Castro, Ruth First, Mary Cotton and Jan Myrdal.

According to him Arafat was the only figure who could fulfill those aspirations, claiming this was " why he was poisoned ... why Israel killed him.