Labels:text | font | screenshot | paper | number | letter | document OCR: CHRONOLOGY AUGUST 24, 1929 Bom Mohammed Abed Ar'ouf Arafat, in Jerusalem, son of a Palestinian merchant. 1944 Joins the League of Palestinian Students (elected president of the organization in 1952). 1956 Cofounds the Al Fatah movement, which later gains key positions in the PLO. 1968 Becomes chairman of the PLO. NOVEMBER 13, 1974 Addresses the U.N. General Assembly. AUGUST 1982 Leaves Lebanon and sets up new headquarters in Tunis. NOVEMBER 14, 1988 Formally renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel. AUGUST 1990 Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, sides with the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. SEPTEMBER 13, 1993 Shakes hands with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at signing of Israeli-PLO peace declaration.
