Word: yasser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart." ?Yasser Arafat...
...chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization was clearly fighting his emotions as he addressed the 18 Arab Kings, Presidents, Emirs and other leaders gathered round a horseshoe table in Morocco's Rabat Hilton. "This summit conference has been like a wedding feast for the Palestinians," said Yasser Arafat. After four days of sometimes bitter debate, the Arab summit?attended by such luminaries as Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, Algeria's Houari Boumedienne and Syria's Hafez Assad?had radically and dramatically altered the Middle East situation. The leaders, including even Jordan's acquiescent King Hussein...
That this disparate collection of militant groups has maintained a facade of unity over the years is due largely to the energy and political skills of Yasser Arafat. Invariably dressed in fatigues and a kaffiyeh, he usually sports dark glasses and a five-day beard. The balding, pudgy P.L.O. leader, one of the best-known figures in the Arab world, is an engineer by training and he has a straightforward view of the organization's function: "As a refugee, I have no time to spare for arguing over the left and the right. What is important is action and result...
...Premier has given to an American journalist since the military junta resigned under pressure last July. In recent weeks TIME has run interviews with a host of world figures, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat and Polish Communist Party Boss Edward Gierek...
Sadat will be faced with the conflicting claims of King Hussein of Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization, headed by Yasser Arafat, each insisting that he represents the Palestinians living on the occupied West Bank. As a compromise, Sadat is considering the formation of an "Eastern Arab Front," which would probably include Egypt and Syria as well as Hussein and the P.L.O. One possibility is that Egypt might even do the negotiating for the front; Hussein would be involved in the negotiations, but it would be up to the Palestinians to designate by plebiscite their choice of a government...