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Yasser Arafat

Activist · Politician 1929–2004

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The person

About Yasser Arafat

Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)

Ideas represented

Conflict Freedom Peace Politics Reconciliation Violence

In their words

“Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”