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'''Yasser Arafat''', Arabic: yāsir ^arafāt, ([[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] 1929 - [[Paris]], [[France]] 2004), born "Mohammed Al-Husseini al-Qudwa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat", was Chairman of the [[Palestine]] Liberation Organization and President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].

'''Yasser Arafat''', Arabic: yāsir ^arafāt, ([[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] 1929 - [[Paris]], [[France]] 2004), born "Mohammed Al-Husseini al-Qudwa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat", was Chairman of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]  and President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]].

Arafat was educated in Cairo but during his youth he spent his time in Jerusalem and later in Kuwait.   

Arafat was educated in Cairo but during his youth he spent his time in [[Jerusalem]] and later in [[Kuwait]].   

After fighting armed Arab forces in 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war Arafat entered into the Faud University and got his degree of engineering in 1956. Arafat also served in the Egyptian army during the [[Suez crisis|Suez campaign]] in 1956.  In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. Arafat also served as chairman of the Palestine Student Federation. In 1964 Arafat became a full-time revolutionary, organising Al-Fatah raids into [[Israel]]. He traveled from country to country to promote the Palestinian cause. At the 1960's he was an organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]]. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (Saudi Arabia cut off all assistance in 1991 after Arafat openly supported Sadam Hussein in the Gulf War). In 1989, Arafat was elected president of Palestinian Liberation Organization by the Central Council of the [[Palestine National Council]].

After fighting armed Arab forces in 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war Arafat entered into the Faud University and got his degree of engineering in 1956. Arafat also served in the Egyptian army during the [[Suez crisis|Suez campaign]] in 1956.  In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. Arafat also served as chairman of the Palestine Student Federation. In 1964 Arafat became a full-time revolutionary, organising Al-Fatah raids into [[Israel]]. He traveled from country to country to promote the Palestinian cause. At the 1960's he was an organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]] and made his headquarters in [[Lebanon]] after that until the Israeli invasion in the early 1980's. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Iraq]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (Saudi Arabia cut off all assistance in 1991 after Arafat openly supported Sadam Hussein in the Gulf War). In 1989, Arafat was elected president of Palestinian Liberation Organization by the Central Council of the [[Palestine National Council]] and on July 1st, 1994 returned to the [[Gaza Strip]] for the first time after a 27 year exile.<ref>Front page, Conservapedia</ref>

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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>

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.  

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.