Yasir Arafat Wins Round One for Palestinians

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: September 4, 1993 | Copyright information


NPR All Things Considered

09-04-1993

KATIE DAVIS, Host: It's All Things Considered. This is Katie Davis. Yasir Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, won a key victory today in his attempts to push through a deal on limited Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip in the West Bank city of Jericho. Arafat secured approval for the plan from his Fatah organization, which is the largest faction in the PLO. Arafat also said today Israel and the PLO are ...

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