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Yasser Arafat

Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)

10 dated entries naming Yasser Arafat, drawn from 8 separate years between 1929 CE and 2004 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1929August 24 – Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)source
  • 1969February 4 – In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is elected Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.source
  • 1983November 3 – Commencement of the battle of Tripoli between Arafat loyalists and PLO dissidents.source
  • 1993September 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.source
  • 1996April 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.source
  • 1996March 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.source
  • 1997January 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)source
  • 2000July 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.source

21st century

  • 2004November 11 – Palestinian president Yasser Arafat dies. Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as his successor.source
  • 2004November 11 – Yasser Arafat, 75, Palestinian political leader and chairman PLO, President of the Palestinian Authority.source

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