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Palestine Liberation Organization: President of the State of Palestine: President of the Palestinian National Authority: West Bank: Gaza Strip: 10 June 1964 – 24 December 1967 Ahmad Shukeiri: 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969 Yahya Hammuda: 2 February 1969 – 2 April 1989 Yasser Arafat: 2 April 1989 [6] – 5 July 1994 Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat [a] (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, [b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [3]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. President of the State of Palestine رئيس دولة فلسطين Coat of arms of Palestine Presidential standard Incumbent Mahmoud Abbas since 15 January 2005 Term length 4 years Renewable Formation 2 April 1989 First holder Yasser Arafat Salary 120,000 USD annually Politics of Palestine ...
In 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was voted for. The leaders of the Jewish Agency for Palestine accepted parts of the plan, while Arab leaders refused it. This triggered the 1947–1949 Palestine war and led, in 1948, to the establishment of the state of Israel on a part of Mandate Palestine as the Mandate came to an end.
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation was founded in Cairo in 1964, dedicated to fighting for the ”liberation of Palestine” through armed revolution rather than dwelling on rights issues, a ...
Earlier efforts to settle the conflict saw Israel and Palestinian leaders sign a deal called the Oslo Peace Accords, in 1993. This was intended to provide a framework for peace talks.
The Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha'ab il-filastini) are an ethnonational group with family origins in the region of Palestine.Since 1964, they have been referred to as Palestinians (Arabic: الفلسطينيين, al-filastiniyyin), but before that they were usually referred to as Palestinian Arabs (Arabic: العربي الفلسطيني, al-'arabi il ...
The 87-year-old Palestinian leader’s speech largely resembled those he has delivered in past sessions.