Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority since 2005. He has also b
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Abbas with Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush in Aqaba, Jordan, 4 June 2003.
Abbas with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, January 2011
Abbas with U.S. president Joe Biden at the Palestinian Presidential Palace in Bethlehem, July 2022
Yasser Arafat
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Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, President of Palestine from
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…Authority as being "still rampant inside public Palestinian institutions despite the progress during the past year". In 2003, CBS News reported that Yasser Arafat, Abbas's mentor and predecessor, had diverted nearly $1 billion in public funds to "insure his political survival". In a 2006 report, the Congressional…
Arafat in 1996
Arafat (right) with his sister Khadija and brother Fathi in Cairo, 1942
Arafat with Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader, Nayef Hawatmeh and Palestinian writer Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman, 1970
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (center) mediating an agreement between Arafat and Jordanian King Hussein to end to the Black September conflict, during the emergency Arab League summit, September 1970