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We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part. The moment they withdraw from Gaza, I will establish my state there in Gaza.

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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