Birth: NULL/NULL/1933 Death:NULL/NULL/1980
Born in Salfit in 1933; was a founding member of the Jordan Communist Party (JCP) from 1951; served as acting Sec.-Gen. of the JCP when Fu’ad Nassar was exiled in 1957; led the wing within the JCP, which adopted a policy of accommodation with the Jordanian regime (the movement’s other wing was led by Fu’ad Nassar and favored guerrilla activities); denigrated the method of armed struggle generally, and particularly disdained Fateh; ran the JCP headquarters from Amman after 1967 (while West Bank affairs were run by Na’im Al-Ashhab); accepted UNSC Resolution 242 and argued against guerrilla-style resistance; promoted loyalty to the Hashemite monarchy as a means of liberating the OPT; split and formed with his supporters the separate Palestine Communist Youth in 1975 (while JCP formed a separate Palestinian branch, the Palestinian Communist Organization; died in 1980.
