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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat (R) walks nearby Cuban leader Fidel Castro during his visit in Cuba in December 1974. Yasser Arafat found the Palestine Liberation Movement or Fatah in Kuwait in 1959 and gained control over the PLO in 1969. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat (R) walks nearby Cuban leader Fidel Castro during his visit in Cuba in December 1974. Yasser Arafat found the Palestine Liberation Movement or Fatah in Kuwait in 1959 and gained control over the PLO in 1969.         (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)