Talk:Yasser Arafat

Controversy surrounding death
There "was" very clear controversy around his death, and this continues in the minds of his supporters, which should be noted in the introductory paragraph, as most readers do not read the whole article and will gain from just having another few words added to the sentence on his death - as there is no shortage of authoritative sources on the fact that there was controversy, and that sheds light on current events: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26707208/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26856052/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24838061 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/yasser-arafat-poisoned-polonium-tests-scientists https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-arafat-idUSBRE9A50S520131106 https://abcnews.go.com/International/yasser-arafat-poisoned-forensics-report/story?id=20806963 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna53482635 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/arafat-exhumed-in-poisoning-probe/5672.article

Palestinian parents
The article says Arafat was born in Egypt but to Palestinian parents – what does it mean when back then a Palestinian simply was a resident of mandatory Palestine whereas Arafat's parents lived in Egypt? Before the establishment of the mandate, there wasn't even a political unit called Palestine but only some districts within (and one, the district of Jerusalem, even outside) the Ottoman province of Syria, so there were some Arabs and fewer Jews but no Palestinians back then. Slow Phil (talk) 20:31, 21 December 2023 (UTC)


 * It's called identity, and it's something that people have. Palestinian nationalism arose alongside the global rise in nationalism in the 19th century, and well before Arafat was born. Even before that, people could obviously identify as coming from a place, such as the Jund Filastin, or often, more specifically, from a certain city, like Al-Quds – so much so that entire families are named after cities, such as the Maqdisis, or "people of Al-Quds". Also, the land was called Palestine in English from Roman times, so naturally, just as you would categorise someone from Egypt as being Egyptian, if you're going to categorise someone from Palestine, you call them ... Iskandar323 (talk) 19:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Controversy surrounding sexuality
Why were the references to Arafat's alleged bisexuality left out of this article? There are multiple sources online that mention this; One of the most important ones being the memoirs of Ion Mihai Pacepa (the former head of Romanian intelligence and the highest-ranking intelligence officer to have defected from the Soviet Union) - see Disinformation_(book) and Red Horizons. It is relevant given the indications that he might have died of AIDS. I can only surmise that it was left out as it is "taboo", which is a sad statement on Wikipedia in 2024... At the very least it should have been mentioned. https://www.out.com/entertainment/2007/07/29/was-arafat-gay?page=1748 https://www.haaretz.com/2007-08-13/ty-article/was-arafat-hiv-positive/0000017f-e5f4-dc7e-adff-f5fd5c310000 Parashblisus168 (talk) 10:04, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 April 2024
Yasser Arafat was born on August 4th 1929 2.108.209.97 (talk) 22:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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Son of Yasser afita
Where is his son today 2601:680:C900:9DA0:496C:ABD2:780B:36C (talk) 18:34, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 July 2024
Arafats mother was Egyptian 188.151.131.178 (talk) 16:03, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
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