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Arafat a polarizing icon in long, turbulent career
Revered and reviled figure shared 1994 Nobel Peace Prize but illness rumors and factional conflicts shadowed his final years. Top Palestinian officials visited him as Suha Arafat accused rivals of power grabs while ordinary Palestinians urged improvement in lives amid corruption and economic woes.
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Arafat
West Bank
Suha
Palestine
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Min — Rabin
Gaza Strip
Rabin
Shimon Peres
U.S
Israel
Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat Al-Qudwa
Gaza
Cairo
Egypt
Kuwait
Fatah Movement
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO