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In 1933 Arafat's mother died and he was sent to Jerusalem where he lived with his relatives until being called back into Cairo by his father in 1937. With the exception of the 1948 Israel's independence war (where he fought against the Jews alongside the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which he later joined in 1952<ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/middleeast/arafat_timeline.html Arafat timeline - CBC]</ref>), Arafat continued to live in Egypt<ref name="The Making of a Palestinian">{{cite book |last=Aburish |first=Said K. |title=From Defender to Dictator |year=1998 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |pages=13–18 |location=New York |isbn=1-58234-049-8 }}</ref> until 1956 when he moved to Kuwait.<ref name="CBC" />
In 1933 Arafat's mother died and he was sent to Jerusalem where he lived with his relatives until being called back into Cairo by his father in 1937. With the exception of the 1948 Israel's independence war (where he fought against the Jews alongside the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], which he later joined in 1952<ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/middleeast/arafat_timeline.html Arafat timeline - CBC]</ref>), Arafat continued to live in Egypt<ref name="The Making of a Palestinian">{{cite book |last=Aburish |first=Said K. |title=From Defender to Dictator |year=1998 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |pages=13–18 |location=New York |isbn=1-58234-049-8 }}</ref> until 1956 when he moved to Kuwait.<ref name="CBC" />
Arafat's father, active in the Egyptian-based [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and an ardent [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] supporter, has recruited him with his brother as child-soldiers to fight for the Mufti<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8wJXQQf_BdIC&pg=PA109 M. Rosen: Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism, 2005. p.109]</ref>.
Arafat's father, active in the Egyptian-based [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and an ardent [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] supporter, has recruited him with his brother as child-soldiers to fight for the Mufti.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8wJXQQf_BdIC&pg=PA109 M. Rosen: Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism, 2005. p.109]</ref>
Through Sheikh [[Hassan Abu Al-Saud)), Arafat became acquainted with the Mufti al-Husseini.<ref>"The Palestinian National Movement..." Abu Fakhr, Saqr, The Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 2003, p. 27.<blockquote><small>
He was born in Cairo on 8/24/1929. His mother, Zahwa Abu Al-Saud, died when he was four. His father sent him and his brother Fathi to Jerusalem to live with their uncle, Salim Abu Al-Saud. Later on, he became acquainted with Haj Amin Al-Husseini through Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Saud.</small></blockquote></ref>
Arafat was trained by a former German-[[Nazi]] - provided by [[Haj Amin al-Husseini]].<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/9/20020809-035905-1668r/ Yasser Arafat: Nazi trained], ''Washington Times'', 9 Aug 2002.<blockquote>
Arafat was trained by a former German-[[Nazi]] - provided by [[Haj Amin al-Husseini]].<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/aug/9/20020809-035905-1668r/ Yasser Arafat: Nazi trained], ''Washington Times'', 9 Aug 2002.<blockquote>