[PDF] Yasser Arafat eBook

Author : Menachem Klein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0197513883

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This landmark volume presents vivid and intimate portraits of Palestinian Presidents Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, revealing the impact these different personalities have had on the struggle for national self-determination. Arafat and Abbas lived in Palestine as young children. Uprooted by the 1948 war, they returned in 1994 to serve as the first and second presidents of the Palestinian Authority, the establishment of which has been the Palestine Liberation Organization's greatest step towards self-determination for the Palestinian nation. Both Arafat and Abbas were shaped by earlier careers in the PLO, and each adopted their own controversial leadership methods and decision-making styles. Drawing on primary sources in Arabic, Hebrew and English, Klein gives special attention to the lesser known Abbas: his beliefs and his disagreements with Israeli and American counterparts. The book uncovers new details about Abbas' peace talks and US foreign policy towards Palestine, and analyses the political evolution of Hamas and Abbas' succession struggle. Klein also highlights the tension between the ageing leader and his society. Arafat and Abbas offers a comprehensive and balanced account of the Palestinian Authority's achievements and failures over its twenty- five years of existence. What emerges is a Palestinian nationalism that refuses to disappear.

Author : George Headlam
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822550044

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Chronicles the life and political career of Yasser Arafat, including his founding of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement and his time as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Author : Jonathan Schanzer
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137365641

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The biggest obstacle to Palestinian statehood may not be Israel In September 2011, president Mahmoud Abbas stood before the United Nations General Assembly and dramatically announced his intention to achieve recognition of Palestinian statehood. The United States roundly opposed the move then, but two years later, Washington revived dreams for Palestinian statehood through bilateral diplomacy with Israel. But are the Palestinians prepared for the next step? In State of Failure, Middle East expert Jonathan Schanzer argues that the reasons behind Palestine's inertia are far more complex than we realize. Despite broad international support, Palestinian independence is stalling because of internal mismanagement, not necessarily because of Israeli intransigence. Drawing on exclusive sources, the author shows how the PLO under Yasser Arafat was ill prepared for the task of statebuilding. Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, used President George W. Bush's support to catapult himself into the presidency. But the aging leader, now four years past the end of his elected term, has not only failed to implement much needed reforms but huge sums of international aid continue to be squandered, and the Palestinian people stand to lose everything as a result. Supporters of Palestine and Israel alike will find Schanzer's narrative compelling at this critical juncture in Middle Eastern politics.

Author : Andrew Gowers
Publisher : Interlink Publishing Group
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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"On the evening of December 14, 1988, in a crowded conference room in Geneva's Palais des Nations, Yasser Arafat opened a new chapter in the tangled and bloody history of the Palestinian resistance movement he has led for over 20 years. In a political departure that friends and foes alike had long doubled he would ever be able to make, Arafat explicitly recognized Israel, renounced terrorism and set out in search of recognition from the West and a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict."--Book Jacket.

Author : Bernadette Brexel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823944699

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Examines the life and leadership skills of Palestinian National Authority president Yasser Arafat, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.

Author : Saïd K. Aburish
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 1999-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0747544301

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A biography of the Palestinian leader

Author : Tass Saada
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1414323611

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A former Palestinian sniper discusses his subsequent life in America, the religious experience which resulted in his conversion to Christianity, and his founding of a humanitarian organization which works toward a reconciliation between Palestinans and Jews.

Author : Efraim Karsh
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 30,20 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1555846602

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A noted historian analyzes Yasser Arafat’s role in destabilizing the Middle East in a book praised as “eye-opening and exhaustively researched” (New York Post). Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat’s efforts since the historic Oslo Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority’s systematic efforts to indoctrinate hate and contempt for the Israeli people through rumor and religious zealotry. Arafat has irrevocably altered the Middle East’s political landscape, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict will always be Arafat’s war.