PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, left, shake hands with Israel Foreign Minister Shimon Peres just before a crucial meeting for the middle East peace process in Taba, east of Cairo, in this Sept. 17, 1995 photo. Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday Nov. 11, 2004 at age 75. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)