Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat
Personal Details
Born	4 / 24 August 1929
Died	11 November 2004
Nationality	Palestinian
Political Party	Fatah
Residence	Arafat's compound

Yasser Arafat (4 / 24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004) was an Egyptian-born Palestinian political figure. While a youth, Arafat embraced Arab nationalism and anti-Zionist ideas. He fought on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, in opposition to the establishment of Israel. He served as Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1969 until his death. During the 1970s, Arafat was accused and believed to have organised the Munich massacre and the 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations. In 1988 he recognised Israel's right to exist. Over the following years, Arafat and succeeding Israeli prime ministers sought to devise a two-state solution. In 1994, Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, for the negotiations in Oslo. In his waning days, Arafat's popularity with the people of Palestine declined as Hamas grew to prominence. Arafat died in 2004, with the cause of death being disputed; Swiss and French scientists asserted he could have been killed by polonium poisoning, while Russian scientists disagreed.

Popular Culture

Appearances

Variants

The following list is of explicit appearances of Yasser Arafat.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1988	Yasser Arafat	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Arafat was portrayed by David Katz. Khadafi was portrayed by Robert LuJane, Ayatollah Khomeini was portrayed by Charles Gherardi, Idi Amin was portrayed by Prince Hughes, Mikhail Gorbachev was portrayed by David Lloyd Austin, and Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed by Jeannette Charles.

Links

• Yasser Arafat on Wikipedia
• Yasser Arafat on Encyclopædia Britannica