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Person · Chairman of the PLO from 1969; president of the Palestinian Authority from 1996
1929–2004
Born Muhammad Abd al-Ra’uf al-Qudwa al-Husseini in Cairo on 24 August 1929, he founded Fatah with Khalil al-Wazir and others, was elected chairman of the PLO Executive Committee in February 1969, and addressed the UN General Assembly on 13 November 1974. He returned to the Gaza Strip on 1 July 1994, shared the Nobel Peace Prize that December, and was elected president of the Palestinian Authority in January 1996. Israeli forces besieged his headquarters in Ramallah from December 2001. He died in Clamart, France, on 11 November 2004.
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Muhammad Abd al-Ra’uf al-Qudwa al-Husseini · Yasir Arafat
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Yasser Arafat, besieged in his Ramallah headquarters, fell ill in October 2004 and was flown to a military hospital near Paris, where his death was announced on 11 November 2004. He was buried at the muqata’a in Ramallah.
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On 13 November 1974 Yasser Arafat, chairman of the PLO, addressed the UN General Assembly on the question of Palestine, ending: “Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”
Addressed the General Assembly as chairman of the PLO
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif)
Died on 11 November 2004, in Clamart, France
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonYasser Arafat participated in EventYasser Arafat dies
Role: Died on 11 November 2004, in Clamart, France
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s dates: died 11 November 2004, Clamart
Evidence version:palquest-arafat-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonYasser Arafat participated in EventArafat addresses the UN General Assembly
Role: Addressed the General Assembly as chairman of the PLO
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The paragraph on his speech of 13 November 1974
Evidence version:palquest-arafat-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.