Abu Iyad - Air date: July 1989

Abu Iyad; (Khalaf, Salah ) PLO leader
1933-1991 Jaffa
Abu lyad was born to a middle-class family in JAFFA, where he attended the Marwaniyya School and joined a paramilitary youth organization. Then, in 1948, his family was displaced when ISRAEL was created; they settled in Gaza, where he completed his secondary education. In 1951, he enrolled in a teachers' college in Cairo, where he met YASIR ARAFAT. When Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Student Union in 1952, Abu Iyad served as his deputy, in 1956 he succeeded Arafat as president. .....Abu Iyad was considered a major leader of the leftist camp within Fatah. He was critical of conservative Arab regimes, particularly of their influence over Arafat. Like other founders of Fatah, he harbored some sympathy for the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood. His leftism was, however, de~oid of any Marxist tendencies. .......Abu Iyad remained personally loyal to Arafat despite their many political differences. Like Arafat, he moderated his views in his later years and came to advocate face-to-face negotiations with Israel. He also made direct appeals to the Israeli public, and in 1988 he even endorsed peaceful existence with Israel. In 1990, Abu Iyad took another dissident position: he publicly disagreed with the PLO's support for the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990.
Abu Iyad was assassinated in January 1991 by what PLO sources identified as a bodyguard of the PLO leader Abu al-Hawl, who was also assassinated that night. Reports suggested that the gunman belonged to Abu Nidal's organization, although the PLO has never investigated the assassination.

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[AlKiefah]

Revolution until Victory

[galobee]

my relative, allah yer7amo

[armaqsurah]

صلاح خلف الله يرحمك مثواك الجنه

[MegaLoomy]

allah yerhamak ya abu ayad

[ordoni]

Wasn't he the person behind the assassination of Wasfi Al Tal Allah yer7amo ?

Allah yer7amk ya Wasfi w Selmat yemnaaak 3ala ma sawait.

[mahsih2007]

I guess depends from which direction you coming from..  lol

[renard54]

Geography wasn't his strong pt. claimed the road to palestine passed by Jounieh,LF proved him wrong ,he never saw Jounieh where he wasn't welcome, refugees 4 ever..

[mahsih2007]

allah yer7amo YAh ABU IYAD .. YAH IBN EL BaLLAD<< MAY YOU SPIRIT LIVE with Us Always.. We need your Help HABIB ELBNAH

[Fatehgirl]

I miss you Abu Iyad