Mohsen Ibrahim
Mohsin Ibrahim | |
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Born | 1935 |
Died | June 3, 2020 (aged 85) |
Resting place | Ansar, Lebanon |
Nationality | Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | school teacher, politician |
Political party | Communist Action Organization in Lebanon Lebanese National Resistance Front Lebanese National Movement Organization of Lebanese Socialists Arab Nationalist Movement |
Mohsin Ibrahim (
Youth
Muhsin Ibrahim was born to a
Split in the Arab Nationalist Movement
During 1962–1965 a factional conflict surged within the Arab Nationalist Movement.
Civil War and Resistance
With the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, Ibrahim emerged as a key leader of the Lebanese National Movement (a coalition of leftist and nationalist movements, aligned with the Palestinian forces) along with Kamal Jumblatt and George Hawi.[12] In 1977 Ibrahim was named Executive Secretary of the Lebanese National Movement, after the killing of the incumbent secretary Kamal Jumblatt.[2][4][13] Ibrahim had been a close associate of Jumblatt.[14]
In September 1982 Ibrahim and the Lebanese Communist Party leader George Hawi founded the Lebanese National Resistance Front, to confront the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[2][3][15]
Later years
After the 1989 Taif Agreement, Ibrahim largely withdrew from Lebanese political life, largely due to his opposition to the role of the Syrian government (then in conflict with Yasser Arafat, to whom Ibrahim remained closely aligned) in Lebanon.[16][3][5] Ibrahim was part of the Tunis-based negotiation team of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the process leading up to the Oslo Accords.[7] He maintained close relations with the Palestinian leadership, especially with Yasser Arafat.[14] Following the killing of George Hawi, at the fortieth-day observation of Hawi's death, Ibrahim broke his silence in Lebanese politics and issued a strong self-criticism on the role of the Lebanese left during the civil war (having allowed the Palestinian movement to set its agenda and for having attempted to confront the sectarian system in Lebanon without understanding its underlying causes).[5][12]
Recognitions
Ibrahim was awarded the Medal of the October 14 Revolution of the
Death
Ibrahim died on June 3, 2020, at the age of 85.[4][3] His funeral took place in Ansar on June 5, 2020.[17] Attendees at the funeral included Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, former parliamentarian and PSP leader Ghazi Aridi, Lebanese Communist Party general secretary Hanna Gharib and the parliamentarians Osama Saad, Yassine Jaber and Ali Osseiran, the representative of PLO and Fatah in Lebanon Fathi Abu Al-Ardat and the Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabour.[17]
After Ibrahim's death, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas ordered flags across Palestine to be lowered in tribute to Ibrahim and announced one day of mourning.[2] In his obituary over Ibrahim, the Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt described him as 'the best friend and ally of Kamal Jumblatt'.[16] Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora described Ibrahim as one of the foremost leaders of the armed resistance against the Israeli occupation.[16] Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri described Ibrahim as 'a personality of the Arab and national struggle' who had 'dedicated his life to the Palestinian cause'.[5] The Speaker of the Lebanese National Assembly, Nabih Berri, presented his condolences to Ibrahim's son.[18]
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- ^ a b c Institute of Palestine Studies. محسن إبراهيم: 1935 - 2020
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- ^ a b c Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. توفيق سلطان: محسن إبراهيم رفض ارتهان حزبه للخارج بعد الحرب
- ^ a b Dunia al-Wattan. منظمة العمل الشيوعي في لبنان تودع أمينها العام محسن إبراهيم
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