Yasser Arafat on receiving Nobel Peace Prize

Title

Yasser Arafat on receiving Nobel Peace Prize

Genre

Speech

TX Date

10 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:00:23

Description

Speech (via interpreter) by PLO leader Yasser Arafat during a visit to the Norwegian capital, Oslo, where he is due to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, and Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin. He speaks about the Middle East peace process and says that the prize was a great achievement not just for himself but for all those who had helped in the peace process and for all Palestinians.

Contributors

Yasser Arafat

Keywords

Israel; Middle East; PLO; International relations; Nobel prizes; Prime ministers; Peacemaking; Palestine; Yasser Arafat; Political leaders; Yitzhak Rabin; Shimon Peres; Norway; Oslo

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