Marie Covin- The Arafat I Knew
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Yasser Arafat
Career: Was a Palestine leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), President of the Palestine National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel.
Personal life/Reputation: Arafat remains a highly controversial figure whose legacy has been widely disputed. Seen as a freedom fighter. Israelis viewed him as a terrorist responsible for hundreds of bombings and deaths.Critics have accused Arafat of mass corruption, secretly amassing a personal wealth estimated to be USD $1.3 billion by 2002 despite the degrading economic conditions of the Palestinians.
Arafats connection to Hamas- Hamas and israel united against Arafat