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Arafat received in 1994 the Nobel Peace Prize together with [[Shimon Peres]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]], because of the Oslo Accords of 1993.<ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref> From December 2001 to April 2002 he was under house arrest in [[Ramallah]]. This gave Arafat the status of a living martyr for the Palestinian cause. In 2004, Arafat died at the Frech Percy Military Hospital in Clamart, near Paris. The cause of his illness is still unknown.
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Arafat received in 1994 the Nobel Peace Prize together with [[Shimon Peres]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]], because of the Oslo Accords of 1993.<ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref>
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''In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. But if the enemy incline toward peace, do thou also incline toward peace, and trust in God.'' Arafat Nobel Prize Speech <ref> [http://www.myisraelsource.com/content/arafatnobel My Israel source]</ref>
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From December 2001 to April 2002 he was under house arrest in [[Ramallah]]. This gave Arafat the status of a living martyr for the Palestinian cause. In 2004, Arafat died at the Frech Percy Military Hospital in Clamart, near Paris. The cause of his illness is still unknown.
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''“I come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”'' United Nations General Assembly, 1974.
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''“I come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”''