Following the defeat of Arab forces, Arafat returned to Cairo and served as president of the General Union of Palestinian Students from 1952 to 1956. In the latter part of the 1950s, …

Oct 8, 2025 · Yasser Arafat was the first president of the Palestinian Authority (1996–2004), chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah. In 1993 he led …

Arafat developed the PLO into a state within the state of Jordan with its own military forces. King Hussein of Jordan, disturbed by its guerrilla attacks on Israel and other violent methods, …

Feb 4, 2025 · Yasser Arafat, a pivotal figure in Palestinian history, played a key role in the liberation movement. He was married with children and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Aug 20, 2025 · Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the late Yasser Arafat, who was president of the Palestinian Authority.

Oct 11, 2023 · Yasser Arafat was a Palestinian political leader, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and first President of the Palestinian National Authority.

In September 2005, based on obtained Arafat records, an Israeli AIDS expert claimed that Arafat bore all the symptoms of AIDS, while The New York Times claimed it was highly unlikely that …

A year later, on February 4, 1969, the Council met again and elected Arafat chairman of the PLO, a position he held until his death. Over the next year, Arafat consolidated his power by …

Oct 8, 2025 · Yasser Arafat - Palestinian Leader, Nobel Prize, PLO: On October 30, 1991, following the Persian Gulf War, the Madrid Conference—a peace conference including Arab …

Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) f...