Arafat: The Biography

By Andrew Gowers and Tony Walker

Book Overview

In 1968 Yasser Arafat swept onto the world stage as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, a machine gun in one hand and an olive branch in the other. Since 1968 he has become many things to many people - to ordinary Israelis a terrorist godfather whose desire for the complete annihilation of their state is only thinly veiled; to previous US administrations a Nobel Peace Prize-winner and the only Palestinian to do business with; to the Bush White House, a pariah once more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852279249
• ISBN13: 9781852279240
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Arafat! The father of the palestinian revolution!!

Arafat! The leader who knew how to move all the power of the palestinian revolution from Tunisia into the heart of palestine!! Arafat! The only arabic leader who was elected democratically in 1969, 1985 and 1994!! Arafat! was smart enough in to survive for more than 35 years in the jungle of all the pro-american and anti-palestinian regimes(namely: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria)!! Arafat! THE NOBLE PRIZE WINNER !! The ex-prime israeli minister Goldameir said: "They (the palestinians) do not exist, We (the jewish) are the only palestinians..." !! Arafat told Goldameir: "WE EXIST HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE...." !! Arafat! The military leader who won against the IDF in the battle of Karama, Beirut and finally in the humiliating defeat and withdrawal of the israeli army from the Gaza!! Arafat! "OH MOUNTAIN!! THE WIND WILL NEVER SHAKE YOU!!"