Leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
He spoke at the United Nations in 1974, shook Rabin's hand in 1993, and had his Ramallah compound besieged in the second intifada.
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In 1974 Yasser Arafat addressed the General Assembly with an olive branch and a gun in his holster.
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On September 13, 1993, the Oslo Accord was signed at the White House. Clinton stood by as Arafat and Rabin shook hands.
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Operation Defensive Shield, the largest West Bank operation since 1967, wrecked nearly all of the Palestinian civil administration and besieged Arafat's compound in Ramallah.