Yasser Arafat

But the Israeli authorities are saying that that's just part of what they call Yasser Arafat's revolving door policy; sometimes he arrests the militants, often he just lets them out of his prisons.

CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2001 2001

That recalls Yasser Arafat's quip that the only reason Israel had not assassinated him was that he looked so ugly, and thus served as a wonderfully negative stereotype of Palestinians.

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NGUYEN: Well, life after Yasser Arafat, that is on the minds of Palestinian officials as their leader remains in a coma at a French hospital.

CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2004 2004

President Bush meanwhile calling Yasser Arafat's death a significant moment in Palestinian history, offering hope that the stalled peace process could be renewed.

CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2004 2004

KAGAN: Well and the big criticism of going through expulsion or voting like that has been that you 're doing exactly what -- we're seeing these live pictures from Ramallah right now -- is that it continues and it only enhances the idea of Yasser Arafat as a martyr.

CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2003 2003

So in the sense that it is Mahmoud Abbas at the table, not Yasser Arafat, that is proof of the changing of the guard, if you will, and these Arab leaders here say they are willing to support Mahmoud Abbas.

CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2003 2003

And it was six weeks ago, eight weeks ago, that Ariel Sharon called Yasser Arafat irrelevant.

CNN Transcript May 5, 2002 2002

Egypt and Saudi Arabia, calling Yasser Arafat and imploring him to put his name on that statement, that he eventually did.

CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2002 2002

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called Yasser Arafat an enemy of Israel and he's blaming the Palestinian leader personally for the attacks that have left at least 30 people dead since Passover began.

CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2002 2002

ZAHN: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says it will be a tragic mistake if Colin Powell sits down and talks with Yasser Arafat, which is exactly what he plans to do.

CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2002 2002