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In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the [[West Bank]] for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO). |
In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the [[West Bank]] for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO). |
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In 2023, the DFLP, under Hawatmeh’s leadership, joined the Hamas-led offensive Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against Israel, attacking multiple targets with their paramilitary wing, the National Resistance Brigades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-fighters-engage-iof-on-seven-fronts-outside-gaza:|work=Al Mayadeen English|access-date=11 October 2023|title=Al-Qassam fighters engage IOF on seven fronts outside Gaza: Statement |date=8 October 2023}}</ref> The DFLP admitted to this involvement in their party news, Alhourriah, on October 8th.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://alhourriah.org/article/125237|work=Alhourriah|access-date=11 October 2023|title= |
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خلال بيان لها قبل قليل.. كتائب المقاومة الوطنية (قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم) الجناح العسكري للجبهة الديمقراطية: |date=8 October 2023}}</ref> |
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.jpg) Hawatmeh in 2017 | |
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| Born | 17 November 1938 Al-Salt, Emirate of Transjordan |
| Political party | DFLP |
| Residence | Syria |
| Occupation | Political activist |
Nayef Hawatmeh[a] (Template:Lang-ar, Kunya: Abu an-Nuf; born 17 November 1938) is a Palestinian politician.[1][2]
Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian clan and is a practicing Greek Catholic.[3][failed verification] He is the General Secretary of the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) since its formation in a 1969 split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which he was also a founder. He was active as a leader in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), which preceded the PFLP.
He presently resides in exile in Syria, from which the DFLP receives some support.
Hawatmeh opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords, calling them a "sell-out", but became more conciliatory in the late 1990s. In 1999 he agreed to meet with Yassir Arafat (who had signed the accords) and even shook hands with the Israeli President, Ezer Weizmann, at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan, drawing strong criticism from his Palestinian and Arab peers.[4]
In 2004 he was briefly active in a joint Palestinian-Israeli non-governmental attempt to start a coalition of Palestinian groups supporting a two-state solution, and called for a cessation of hostilities in the al-Aqsa Intifada.
In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the West Bank for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
In 2023, the DFLP, under Hawatmeh’s leadership, joined the Hamas-led offensive Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against Israel, attacking multiple targets with their paramilitary wing, the National Resistance Brigades.[5] The DFLP admitted to this involvement in their party news, Alhourriah, on October 8th.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ also variously romanized as Naif Hawatma and Nayif Hawatme.
References
- ^ "Nayif Hawatmeh | Palestinian politician". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ "DFLP: nayef-hawatmeh-general-secretary-dflp". www.dflp-palestine.net. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- ^ Sennott, Charles M. (2001). The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium : a Reporter's Journey. PublicAffairs. p. 150. ISBN 9781891620959.
- ^ "Death of a King; two old enemies meet and shake". The New York Times. 9 February 1999. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Al-Qassam fighters engage IOF on seven fronts outside Gaza: Statement". Al Mayadeen English. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "خلال بيان لها قبل قليل.. كتائب المقاومة الوطنية (قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم) الجناح العسكري للجبهة الديمقراطية:". Alhourriah. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "Radical Palestinians bitter over Israel handshake". BBC News. February 14, 1999.
- "Arafat meets radical opponent". BBC News. August 22, 1999.
- "Key Palestinian exile may return". BBC News. July 15, 2007.
- "DFLP: Nayef Hawatmeh, General Secretary of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine". DFLP website. October 13, 2012. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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| title = The Encyclopedia of the Arab Isreali Conflict | work = Google Books