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Dec 1988
14m 9s

Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988

Bbc Radio 4
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Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, the denial of his visa by US secretary of state George Schultz, and the view that Palestinians are moving towards reconciliation with Israel.

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