Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat (24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004) was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004. In 1993, he also became president of the Palestinian National Authority (PA). Arafat was born in Jerusalem, Gaza or Cairo. He studied civil engineering at Cairo University. He worked as an engineer in Kuwait. In 1994, Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize along with two others. . Some people see him as a hero, who fought for the cause of the Palestinian people. Others see him as a terrorist, who promoted the use of violence to destroy Israel. Arafat died in Paris from a cerebral hemorrhage. The next day he was buried at his compound, with a funeral in Ramallah on November 12. Related pages List of Nobel Prize winners by country Notes References Other websites Media related to Yasser Arafat at Wikimedia Commons Life in Palestine after Arafat, Situation worse, not what Bush and Sharon planned Archived 2005-04-16 at the Wayback Machine The Real Obstacle to Peace was Ariel Sharon, not Yasser Arafat Death of Arafat, burial and reburial November 13 2004 .theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/01/israel-acknowledges-killing-palestinian-deputy Israel acknowledges killing Yasser Arafat's deputy Khalil al-Wazir in 1988 raid