The nickname Yasir or Yasser means “easy-going” in Arabic. Arafat acquired it as a teenager. Arafat’s alias, Abu Ammar, was adopted in the mid 1960s. 1950s – After graduating from college, Arafat ...

Israel and its western allies may call him “terrorist,” or “irrelevant,” but, for his people and millions around the world, Yasser Arafat was a hero, a freedom fighter, a man of principles and, most ...

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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. The body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is being flown to Cairo today, where a funeral will be held tomorrow. Arafat died early this ...

In his strongest appeal for an end to anti-Israel violence, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat Sunday called for a halt to all "terrorist activity" against Israel, threatening to arrest ...