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Person · Leader in Jerusalem; in charge of Jerusalem affairs for the PLO
1940–2001
Born in Baghdad on 17 July 1940, the son of Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini, he met Yasser Arafat in 1959 and ran the PLO’s popular organisation department in Jerusalem from 1964. He co-founded the Arab Studies Society in 1980 and in 1987 set up the Palestinian Human Rights Center and the Committee Against the Iron Fist; he was among the most prominent leaders of the First Intifada, and was detained repeatedly. In 1991 he held talks with the US Secretary of State James Baker to prepare the Madrid conference; he later took charge of Jerusalem affairs for the PLO and was elected to its Executive Committee. He died in Kuwait on 31 May 2001.
An introductory profile. The source material below provides the fuller record.
الانتفاضة الأولى
Ongoing activity · not a separate dated incident
A popular uprising across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, from 9 December 1987 to the signing of the Oslo agreement on 13 September 1993: mass demonstrations, strikes and civil disobedience, led on the ground by a clandestine unified leadership.
مؤتمر مدريد للسلام
On 30 October 1991 a peace conference opened in Madrid under American and Soviet sponsorship. Palestinians took part within a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation, their side headed by Haydar Abd al-Shafi; talks followed on a Palestinian-Israeli and a Jordanian-Israeli track.
Among the most prominent leaders of the uprising
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
Held talks with James Baker in 1991 to prepare the conference
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonFaisal al-Husseini participated in EventThe First Intifada
Role: Among the most prominent leaders of the uprising
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “In 1987 he set up the Palestinian Human Rights Center and the Committee Against the Iron Fist, and he was one of the most prominent leaders of the popular intifada during that period.”
Evidence version:palquest-faisal-al-husseini-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonFaisal al-Husseini participated in EventThe Madrid peace conference
Role: Held talks with James Baker in 1991 to prepare the conference
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “In 1991 Faisal al-Husseini held talks with US Secretary of State James Baker to prepare for the Middle East peace conference in Madrid.”
Evidence version:palquest-faisal-al-husseini-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.