Being Yasir Arafat: A Portrait of Palestine's President

Robinson, Glenn E.; Rubin, Barry; Rubin, Judith Colp; Karsh, Efraim

doi:10.2307/20033763

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“…Even among PLO and Palestinian Authority leaders, no one was popular enough for imitating Arafat to be a political symbol (Rubin & Rubin 2005). from Lebanon his new base of operations and after his reaching there in 1971 he created a war zone on the border with Israel similar to the previous one in Jordan (Rubin & Rubin 2005).…”

Section: Milestones Of Yasser Arafat's Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, Arab nations did not give PLO more independence of movement (Andersen et al 2014). (Rubin & Rubin 2005). The Palestinian uprising "Intifada" in 1987 has brought Arafat back from political hibernation to become the head of the newly constituted Palestinian Authority later (Mohan 2004).…”

Section: Milestones Of Yasser Arafat's Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Israeli Cabinet declared that Arafat an "enemy", and the American President George Bush called Palestinians to replace Arafat (PASSIA 2015). Israel had besieged the "Muqata" and its troops fired shots toward the building and armoured bulldozers have broken the compound wall (Rubin & Rubin 2005). Before his death, Arafat exercised the leadership of four important functions which were: the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the first elected President of the Palestinian Authority (PA);…”

Section: Milestones Of Yasser Arafat's Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Four hundred Palestinian delegates in May 1964 came from several countries and held their first meeting in Jerusalem at the Intercontinental Hotel (Rubin & Rubin 2005). Ahmad Al-Shuqairy, the first chairman of PLO has drafted its covenant, which stressed on the armed struggle to liberate Palestine (Frisch 2005).…”

Section: The Establishment Of Plo and Fatahmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Shuqeiri who was at fifty-seven year old was handpicked as the leader of PLO by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. PLO had its own treasury, army, and own parliament which is the Palestine National Council (PNC) (Rubin & Rubin 2005). Following the 1967 Six-Day War, PLO asserted its own identity by waging a war of attrition against Israel from Jordan (Zanotti 2014).…”

Section: The Establishment Of Plo and Fatahmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Malaysian Media Coverage of Palestinian Presidents’ Image during Crises 1996-2016

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Maintaining a good image of political leaders is significant to ensure their political life. The image of political leaders, including presidents of any country, is threatened when they are facing critical situations. This study examines the coverage by the Malaysian media, specifically New Straits Times (NST), on the Palestinian Presidents, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas and their portrayal towards several crises. Both image repair theory and framing perspective were used to guide the study. A total of 2715 news stories have been found about Palestinian issues in the 21 year period covered from 1996-2016. A total of 531 stories were related to Palestinian Presidents, 456 stories were on crises. This study employing content analysis has revealed three main crises faced by the Palestinian Presidents, namely political, social, and economic crisis. The political crises included: peace process, internal conflict, foreign pressure, Israeli attacks, Israeli blockade, Palestinian attacks, Israeli threats, clashes, demonstrations, Israeli spying, kidnapping, and relations breakdown. The social crises included: corruption, information leakage, cheating, false information, Israeli rumours, and Israeli slanders. The economic crises included only financial crisis. Palestinian Presidents have used all the main image repair strategies, namely denial, evasion of responsibility, reducing offensiveness, corrective action, and mortification.

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Section: Milestones Of Yasser Arafat's Lifementioning

confidence: 99%