Abu Ali Mustafa
Abu Ali Mustafa أبو علي مصطفى | |
---|---|
General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |
In office July 2000 – 27 August 2001 | |
Preceded by | George Habash |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Sa'adat |
Personal details | |
Born | Mustafa Zabri 14 May 1938 Arraba, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 27 August 2001 (aged 63) Al-Bireh, Palestine |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
Other political affiliations | Arab Nationalist Movement (1955–1967) |
Abu Ali Mustafa (
Biography
Mustafa Zabri was born in 1938, in the northern West Bank town of Arrabah, the son of a farmer. In 1955 he joined the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), and two years later was arrested by the Jordanian authorities for his political activities. On his release in 1961, he took charge of the ANM's military operations in the northern West Bank.[citation needed] Following the Israel Defense Forces' capture of the West Bank in the Six-Day War, he left the West Bank and spent 32 years mainly in Damascus and Jordan.
Mustafa joined
In September 1999 he returned to the West Bank under a deal struck between
Assassination
Mustafa was killed by two rockets fired from two Israeli
In an interview with
Israeli tourist minister
References
- ^ "Abu Ali Mustafa". Abu Ali Mustafa.
- ^ "Who are the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades?". euronews. 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Background on the PFLP". MFA. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Israel kills key Palestinian leader". BBC. 27 August 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Marmari, Hanoch (6 June 2002). "Digging beneath the surface in the Middle East conflict". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Peter Cave (28 August 2001). "Israel assassinates Abu Ali Mustafa". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "An Interview With the New Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abu Ali Mustafa". MEMRI. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "An Interview With the New Leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP], Abu Ali Mustafa". MEMRI.
- ^ Suzanne Goldenberg in Jerusalem (18 October 2001). "Zeevi profile". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 October 2010.