{"slug": "yasser-arafat", "label": "Yasser Arafat", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34211", "qid": "Q34211", "description": "Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1929, 2004], "span_label": ["1929 CE", "2004 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "palestine-liberation-organization", "label": "Palestine Liberation Organization", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "cairo", "label": "Cairo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bill-clinton", "label": "Bill Clinton", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-bank", "label": "West Bank", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#August", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is elected Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#February", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Commencement of the battle of Tripoli between Arafat loyalists and PLO dissidents.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#November", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#September", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause in Palestinian National Covenant calling for the removal of Israel (→ Legitimacy of the State of Israel). The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#April", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#March", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#January", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11–25 – A summit meeting takes place at Camp David between United States president Bill Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat, ending without an agreement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#July", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies. Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as his successor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#November", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Yasser Arafat, 75, Palestinian political leader and chairman PLO, President of the Palestinian Authority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373192081", "title": "Deaths in November 2004", "revid": 1373192081, "section": "Deaths › November"}}]}