"This will be the definitive biography of Yasser Arafat for many years." Rashid Khalidi

"Alan Hart has written the best informed, most detailed account of Arafat that I have seen." Michael C. Hudson

"I have written the book as a good and true friend of the Palestinians and the Jews. Together in peace and partnership the two peoples, who come from the same melting pot, could change and develop the region for the better and, by doing so, give hope and inspiration to the whole world." Alan Hart, from the Introduction

"There is much important material here on the...