About Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
![“When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].” quote by Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/yasser-arafat-6821_arrested_when-i-made-a-big-effort-in-96-and-it-is_231875.jpg)
![“I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.” quote by Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/yasser-arafat-6821_alive_i-swear-to-god-i-will-see-the-palestinia_2089222.jpg)
![“Did you follow what [General Yehoshafat] Harkabi wrote? Formerly of the Israeli military intelligence service. Remember him? Did you follow what he wrote? He said that it was for the sake of the existence of Israel that we have to accept the rights of the Palestinians to have their independent…” quote by Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/yasser-arafat-6821_accepting_did-you-follow-what-general-yehoshafat-h_498052.jpg)
![“In 1982, when Alexander Haig and [Ariel] Sharon put this plan to invade the south of Lebanon and Beirut, they imagined that in two or three or five days, they can demolish the PLO and destroy its infrastructure. What happened? The longest Arab - Israeli confrontation.” quote by Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/yasser-arafat-6821_ariel_in-1982-when-alexander-haig-and-ariel-sh_252847.jpg)
![“Now you are trying to recover it through Irangate. I know that. But it will cost you a lot. And if you are speaking about the charters again, you have to remember that the Israelis should recognize first the resolutions of the United Nations, according to [one of] which they became a state. Israel…” quote by Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/yasser-arafat-6821_charter_now-you-are-trying-to-recover-it-through_249629.jpg)
