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A Leader's Lifetime and Legacy
In this lesson plan, students consider their prior knowledge about Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and consider the immediate events surrounding his death. They then create timelines and write papers examining his political career.
Princeton University
Princeton: Stages of the Hajj
Excellent website on Hajj, or Pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Includes good pictures and explains what Muslims do on each of the ten parts of the Hajj.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:mid East Peace Summit
This site from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the events at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David. You can read about the Israeli delegation, the latest news, texts from the summit, U.S. State Department material, and...
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Plo: Negotiations Affairs Department
One of the official websites of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization). Contains negotiations made with Israeli and other governing bodies. Includes key issues for which the PLO is continuing to struggle.
Curated OER
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat
This 2004 BBC article reports on attempts to reform the government of Palestine with a focus on its leader Yasser Arafat in the months before his death.
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A Boy Holds Up a Poster of Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat During a Rally
This 2004 BBC article reports on attempts to reform the government of Palestine with a focus on its leader Yasser Arafat in the months before his death.
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Yasser Arafat and Ahmed Qurei
This 2004 BBC article reports on the problems between the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and Yasser Arafat, its president. Arafat has not given up authority over the police forces which the Prime Minister must have if he...
Curated OER
Yasser Arafat
This 2003 BBC archive profile of the late Yasser Arafat surveys his career as leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Palestinian Militant and Supporter of Arafat
This 2003 BBC archive profile of the late Yasser Arafat surveys his career as leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Yasser Arafat
Article describes the death of Arafat, leader of the PLO. Also mentioned are key dates in Arafat's life and the world's reaction to his death. ll/ll/2004