Birth: 1/1/1954 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Jaffa in 1945; became refugee to Jiflik in 1948; attended the Jiflik UNRWA school; moved to Kuwait in 1963; joined the PLA in Baghdad in 1965 and continued his studies in the evenings; participated in the creation of the PFLP in 1967; got injured in the battle of Karameh in March 1968; was close to Mustafa Az-Zabri, who made him a military commander in 1972; PFLP politburo member from 1973; was detained in Jordan in 1977-1978; in 1982, became PFLP commander of the forces defending Beirut; PFLP Deputy Sec.-Gen and non-participating PLO Exec. Committee member from 1991; one of nine PLO Exec. Committee members who released a statement rejecting the Oslo II Agreement on 4 Oct. 1995; was allowed by Israel to return to the West Bank in 1999; became head of the PFLP’s Political Dept. in 2000; stood for elections to the post of Sec.-Gen. after the assassination of Zabri in Oct. 2001, but was defeated by Ahmed Sa’adat; remains PFLP deputy Sec.-Gen; was arrested in Ramallah in June 2002 by Israeli forces and transferred to Ofer Detention Camp; was charged with financing the resistance, membership in a “terrorist organization”, and involvement in the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze’evi; was sentenced to seven years in jail, in addition to two years on parole.
