"State Of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, And The Unmaking Of The Palestinian State"

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday at age 75.

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Yasser Arafat was a central figure in the Palestinian liberation movement. As the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and leader of Fatah, he was instrumental in shaping the Palestinian national identity and struggle for statehood.

LONDON (Reuters) - Senior Palestinians urged Yasser Arafat not to declare an independent state in the 1970s because they feared it would allow Israel to maintain sovereignty over all Palestinian lands ...

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AOL: Pictures of Andrew Cuomo with former terror PLO leader Yasser Arafat resurface as ex-gov makes bid for NYC mayor

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Pictures of Andrew Cuomo schmoozing with then-Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat in 2000 are back in the spotlight now that the ex-governor is making a comeback bid for mayor.

Pictures of Andrew Cuomo with former terror PLO leader Yasser Arafat resurface as ex-gov makes bid for NYC mayor

JERUSALEM -- The discovery of traces of a radioactive agent on clothing reportedly worn by Yasser Arafat in his final days reignited a cauldron of conspiracy theories Wednesday about the mysterious ...

Israel and its western allies may call him “terrorist,” or “irrelevant,” but, for his people and millions around the world, Yasser Arafat was a hero, a freedom fighter, a man of principles and, most ...

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Arafat's sister Inam stated in an interview with Arafat's biographer, British historian Alan Hart, that Arafat was heavily beaten by his father for going to the Jewish quarter in Cairo and attending religious services.