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I am convinced that our people are now on the way to establishing a Palestinian state. The agreement signed in Cairo is the first step in establishing the state, and therefore it should be implemented.

Yasser Arafat

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Yasser Arafat
Age: 75 †
Born: 1929
Born: August 4
Died: 2004
Died: November 11
Civil Engineer
Former Chairman Of The Palestine Liberation Organization
Politician
Yasir Arafat
Yaser Arafat
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
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Muhammad Yassur Ab-ar Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
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