Yasser Arafat
- Leader of the PLO and later PLA
- Also pushed for the independence of Palestine
- Represented Palestine at several peace accords
- Was originally militant but became more peaceful in the 80's and 90's
- Won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in Oslo, 1993
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
-Yasser Arafat
-Yasser Arafat
Summary
Yassar Arafat was the leader of the PLO and soon after, the PLA.He had pushed for the independence of Palestine by representing Palestine at up to several peace accords. He was originally militant but then had become more peaceful in the 1980's to 1990's. In 1993, he had finally won a Nobel Peace Prize.