PLO chairman Yasser Arafat gestures as he answers questions with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter after their meeting in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, in this Jan. 21, 1996 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/Laurent Rebours)