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Arafat, Yasir
(partisan name, Abu Amar). Born 1929 in Jerusalem. Figure in the Palestinian resistance movement. In 1953, Arafat graduated from the University of Cairo, where he had been trained as a civil engineer. From 1952 to 1956 he was chairman of the League of Palestinian Students. As an officer in the Egyptian Army he saw combat during the Anglo-French-Israeli aggression against Egypt (Suez crisis) in 1956. He helped found the Palestine National Liberation Movement (al-Fatah) in the 1950’s and eventually became its leader. In February 1969 he became chairman of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | lt;p>President Abbas was addressing a memorial in honor of late President Yasser Arafat, commemorating the fifth anniversary of his passing. There are strong hopes among the 2,000 delegates that some of the old guard often accused of corruption will make way for younger members of the party founded by iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the late 1950s. to discuss adopting measures against Farouk Kaddoumi due to the bad and harmful act he committed, which served to exonerate Israel from killing Yasser Arafat and all strugglers who died on national battlefronts," a PLO Executive Committee statement said. |
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