"He was like a surrealistic painting：full of contradictions， fullofmystery, full of incon-stancies. He was complex, deep, superficial, ra-tional, irrational, cold, warm."

　　“他像一幅超现实主义绘画：充满矛盾、神秘和多变。他很复杂，既深沉又肤浅，既理智又冲动，既冷淡又热情。”

　　——联合国中东问题特使拉尔森对阿拉法特的魅力表达个人看法。