Birth: NULL/NULL/1935 Death:NULL/NULL/1983
Born in Acre in 1935; gained a BA in Medicine from Baghdad University; later specialized in Cardiology (MD) in the US; led his own guerilla faction in the late 1960s before becoming Fateh member; was charged with special PLO missions; was a leading and successful advocate of developing contacts with (moderate) Israelis; helped establishing the Palestinian Red Crescent Society; led the Action Organization for the Liberation of Palestine (AOLP), a non-combatant medical aid organization, from 1969 (which was re-incorporated into Fateh in 1971); became an advisor to PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat on US & European affairs; was considered a controversial figure in the PLO because of his daring diplomatic maneuvers; held meetings with Israeli members of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Council in 1976-1977; received the Austrian Kreisky Prize along with Israeli Arieh Lova Eliav in 1979 for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict; was frequently criticized at the PNC and repeatedly resigned but Arafat refused to accept; held direct PLO negotiations on the release of prisoners with Arieh Lova Eliav in Vienna in Oct. 1982; was assassinated on 12 April 1983 during the Socialist International Congress in Portugal by the Abu Nidal group; was buried in Amman three days later.
