He accepted and Israel's right "to exist in peace and security" and Arafat's statements were greeted with approval by the US administration, which had long insisted on these statements as a necessary starting point for official discussions between the US and the PLO | Arafat also replaced and assigned mayors and city councils for major cities such as Gaza and |
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and state Fatah's first formal meeting was in October 1959 | Abu Iyad, Unknown Pages of his Life |
before Yasser Arafat's marriage : "Yasser Arafat is not married, but is called 'Abu 'Ammar' as an inversion of the name of the heroic early Muslim warrior '.
7The Israeli security Cabinet on 11 September 2003 decided that "Israel will act to remove this obstacle [Arafat] in the manner, at the time, and in the ways that will be decided on separately" | has left him highly scorned and villified for leading the Palestinians into the , a war with Israel that lasted nearly five years from 2000 to 2005 and claimed thousands of lives on both sides of the conflict |
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The cause of death was never announced, and remains a mystery | Arafat had a mixed relationship with the leaders of other Arab nations |
In his United Nations address, Arafat condemned Zionism, but said, "Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun.
10Tricia McDermott, , 7 November 2003 | Other peace agreements Arafat with PNA cabinet members left and right at a meeting in , 1999 In mid-1996, was |
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We were planted here before the Prophet Abraham came, but it looks like they [Israelis] don't understand history or geography | accused Arafat and the PNA leadership of failing to adequately investigate abuses by the PSS including torture and unlawful killings against political opponents and dissidents as well as the arrests of human rights activists |
Others believe that Israel refrained from taking action against Arafat because it feared Arafat less than and the other Islamist movements gaining support over Fatah.
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