Rudy Giuliani did not arrest Yasser Arafat, but as Mayor of New York City in 1995, he forcibly expelled the Palestinian leader from a United Nations 50th-anniversary concert at Lincoln Center.Details of the 1995 incident include:

The Event:
Giuliani ordered his staff to eject Arafat from a New York Philharmonic concert attended by world leaders.

The Reason:
Giuliani justified the expulsion by citing Arafat's alleged history of ties to terrorism, a stance he held since his time as a federal prosecutor.

The Reaction:
The Clinton administration and the State Department condemned the action as an embarrassing breach of international diplomacy.