Arafat earned international prestige and Palestinian respect verging on hero worship for holding out against the Israelis in Beirut for three months without the support of any Arab regime.

• 阿尔法特在没有阿拉伯政府任何支持的情况下，在贝鲁特与以色列人坚持斗争的3个月，赢得了国际威望以及巴基斯坦人近乎于英雄崇拜式的尊敬。