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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]].

He got his degree of engineering at Faud University in 1956. In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. 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 60's he was regarded as organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]]. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Irak]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. In 1989, Arafat was elected president of State of Palestine by the Central Council of the Palestine National Council.

He got his degree of engineering at Faud University in 1956. In 1958 he and some friends founded Al-Fatah, an underground network of secret cells. 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 60's he was regarded as organizer of terrorist attacks into [[Israel]]. During the 80s, Arafat received assistance from [[Irak]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. In 1989, Arafat was elected president of State of Palestine by the Central Council of the Palestine National Council.

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"... the intifada (shaking) protest movement strengthened Arafat by directing world attention to the difficult plight of the Palestinians. In 1988 came a change of policy. In a speech at a special United Nations session held in Geneva, Switzerland, Arafat declared that the "Palestinian Liberation Organization" renounced terrorism and supported "the right of all parties concerned in the Middle East conflict to live in peace and security, including the state of Palestine, Israel and other neighbours". <ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat-bio.html Yasser Arafat, The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref>

"... the intifada (shaking) protest movement strengthened Arafat by directing world attention to the difficult plight of the Palestinians. In 1988 came a change of policy. In a speech at a special United Nations session held in Geneva, Switzerland, Arafat declared that the "Palestinian Liberation Organization" renounced terrorism and supported "the right of all parties concerned in the Middle East conflict to live in peace and security, including the state of Palestine, Israel and other neighbours". <ref> [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat-bio.html Yasser Arafat, The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref>

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