Palestinian nationalist leader. He studied engineering at the University of Cairo, a profession he would practice in Egypt and Kuwait between 1956 and 1965. Since the end of World War II, Yasser Arafat had participated in the Palestinian movement, which aspired to build an independent Arab state on the the then British colony of Palestine, clashing with the Zionist aspirations for the same territory.
In 1959, Yasser Arafat participated in the founding of the Al-Fatah movement, the main component of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which was created in 1964; in 1968 he went on to preside over both formations, symbolizing since then the Palestinian aspirations for the possession of a state of their own against the territorial ambitions of Israel and its Arab neighbors.
During this time he survived a multitude of attacks and played a moderating role in the face of radical Arab tendencies. As the movement's top leader, he was rejected in many western countries for his ties to Pro-Palestinian terrorism; but he also had moments of acceptance, such as his address to the United Nations by virtue of the recognition of the PLO as a legitimate representative of the Palestinian people (1974), or his admission as a member of the Arab League (1976).
The Israeli attack on Lebanon in 1982-85 deprived the PLO of the bases from which it had organized its armed actions against Israel and forced Arafat to take refuge with his organization in Tunisia. The protagonism of the Palestinian struggle then passed to the interior, to the populations of the occupied territories, which since 1988 created a climate of permanent rebellion against the Israeli authorities (the Intifada).
Arafat tried to capitalize on that movement by symbolically proclaiming the creation of an independent Palestinian state (whose "government in exile" he presided over), which was recognized by more than sixty countries. But the successive military defeats of the Arabs eventually convinced him, following the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War in the early 1990s, of the need to reach an understanding with Israel.
The US push to open a peace process in the Middle East gave it the opportunity to initiate secret talks with Israeli representatives, which led to the agreements signed in Washington in 1993: Arafat returned to Palestine as head of an autonomous government ( the Palestinian National Authority) which initially only had power over Gaza and Jericho (later it would spread to the rest of the West Bank).
The difficulties in carrying out this project were enormous, given the opposition of the Palestinian radicals (Hamas the Leading Islamist faction, and eventually its old Allies the communists PFLP and the DFLP) and the Zionist extremists (who even assassinated the first Israeli Minister Isaac Rabin in 1995). The delays and discrepancies in the Israeli withdrawal plan from the occupied territories added difficulty to the process, vitiated by underlying problems, such as the lack of understanding about the future of Jerusalem or the lack of support from Syria.
on november 11 2004 Arafat would pass away at the age of 74
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There is an interesting five-digit number A. With a 1 after it, it is three times as large as with a 1 before it. What is it?
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thinking about when George HW Bush was told he needed to be manlier and starting eating beef jerky on the campaign trail
"you're not perceived as manly"
"I f*cking killed Kennedy"
"Right, but we need something that plays better in the press"
Me at the falling crypto prices knowing I'll be able to upgrade my computer if it goes through :sicko-yes:
My gf works at an adult toy store and apparently a woman came in looking for porn and asking for recommendations. Apparently she had some niche interests or something And my gf mentioned that there’s porn hub (you’d be surprised how many older people don’t know about Internet sites) and the woman told her she’d already “seen it all.”
And my gf was like “you.... you’ve seen all the porn on porn hub....?” Lmao
Some of the peopl who go into those stores are wild
I'm three months into teaching my cat to talk with buttons and she uses them all day long now. Best pandemic project ever. I don't have to wonder if she actually wants affection or if I'm just bothering her anymore - because now she literally asks me for hugs :meow-hug:
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Aww man. I think I crossed the line with bullying a friend over his crypto losses.
Hit me with the “why would you not want me to make money? I wouldn’t wish that on any of my friends.”
It’s dumb as shit and I wanted to laugh at him some more. But the sentiment made me bite my tongue.
Just realized the USSR was a real place and not just meme land where no one ate food 😔
What if you hyperfocused on it for three months until it consumes your entire life and then abandoned it instead
Oh same, sorry for hitting you with my own self-callout lol
Though it doesn't haunt me so much because I can barely remember the interests in question after enough time, moving linearly through time is hard with ADHD and I don't have a lot of object permanence with regards to my past self somehow
I'm due for another one actually :thinkin-lenin:
Holy cow the Leo and Layla thing is so bad!
I thought it was gonna be like....Ronald Reagan is some time traveler and takes them on history adventures
....but I'm like 2 minutes in and they are just talking about how cool and strong and attractive he is.
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Climate apocalypse, coronavirus, ceasefire between Israel and Palestine? What are you talking about? It's September 18th, 2001. The army recruiters came by the high school again today, they're pushing real hard to get seniors recruited. Don't forget, we're playing Diablo 2 on b.net tonight!
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this explains why my cat is mental, as she mostly hears very fast hardcore or crust punk for hours at a time.
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my younger brother (I was gonna say “little” but the dudes like 19 now) absolutely adores Steve Reich.
One time I saw a Steve Reich piece performed live and it felt like I transcended to the fifth plane of existence. Doesn't happen often with live music for me, but I agree that there is this wonderful meditative quality about Reich.
My brother is unfortunately not the mushrooms type, which is a shame as it would likely lighten him up a bit. He likes modern classical, classical, opera, etc. He’s so uptight that he bristles at my smoking habit.
he also regards my music taste as beneath him and will make a point about it. Especially because the only classical I really really love is piano based (like Chopin) which apparently is not good enough.
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