Yasser Arafat arriving in Hebron, Palestine 🇵🇸 c. 1997
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Greeted by more than 60,000 jubilant Palestinians, Yasser Arafat arrived in Hebron to celebrate the Palestinian takeover of the city after three decades of Israeli occupation.
Eighty percent of Hebron was handed over to Palestinian control. Israel retains control of 20 percent of the city where the settlers live.
Following his speech, Arafat was asked if he trusted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Now we can say that we are friends and that we are partners in the peace process,"