Khaled Nazzal
Khaled Nazzal | |
|---|---|
| Central Committee Secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Khaled Ahmed Nazzel 1948 Qabatiya, Jenin |
| Died | 9 June 1986 (aged 37–38) Athens, Greece |
| Spouse | Rima Nazzal |
Khaled Nazzal (1948–1986) was the central committee secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), a Marxist-Leninist faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.[1] In this role, he directed militant operations including the 1974 Ma'alot attack, and was assassinated in Athens in 1986 in a killing widely attributed to Mossad.[2]
Biography
Born Khaled Ahmed Nazzal in Qabatiya, Jenin in 1948,[3] he joined the Palestinian forces in 1967, and in 1971 he joined Damascus University.
Nazzal was "a leader" of the group who organized the Ma'alot Massacre,[4] a 1974 terrorist attack that saw 22 Israeli schoolchildren and their three teachers killed following a two-day hostage standoff.
Nazzal was married to women's rights activist Rima Nazzal. He was assassinated in Athens, Greece, on 9 June 1986 by Mossad agents.[5][6]
As of 2014 his sister Rehab Nazzal who is an artist was living in Canada.[7]
A public square in Jenin was named for Nazzal, drawing sharp criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[8] It was forcefully removed by the Israeli forces in June 2017. However, another one was set up in the same place in the late June.[9]
References
- ↑ Herf, Jeffrey, ed. (2016), "1974: Palestinian Terrorist Attacks on Kiryat Shmona and Ma'alot and Responses in East Germany, West Germany, Israel, the United States, and the United Nations", Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 254–287, ISBN 978-1-316-10590-0, retrieved 4 May 2026
- ↑ Norman, Julie M. (2021), "Terrorism in Israel/Palestine", in English, Richard (ed.), The Cambridge History of Terrorism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 149–172, ISBN 978-1-108-47016-2, retrieved 4 May 2026
- ↑ "Israel's Monumental Battle in Jenin's City Square". Haaretz. Tel Aviv. 3 July 2017. ProQuest 1915230365. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Palestinian fires at Israeli soldiers during Jenin raid to remove memorial". Ma'an News Agency. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "Israel's History of Assassinating Palestinian Leaders". Institute for Middle East Understanding. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Michael Newton (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1.
- ↑ Petrou, Michael (23 May 2014). "Rehab Nazzal's politically-charged art exhibition at Ottawa City Hall". Macleans.ca. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Netanyahu takes to Twitter to lambaste Abbas for 'poisoning minds of young Palestinians'". i24NEWS. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "Defiant Palestinians set up new memorial for the one Israel stole". Middle East Monitor. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2023.