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Person · Fatah leader (Abu Jihad); an architect of the First Intifada
1935–1988
Born in Ramla on 10 October 1935, he left with his family after the town was occupied in 1948 and settled in Gaza, where in 1955 he helped lead a mass demonstration against Israeli killings and resettlement schemes. He met Yasser Arafat at a training camp in Egypt, sat on Fatah’s first Central Committee from 1959 until his death, and took charge of its contacts with the guerrilla cells inside Palestine. One of the principal architects of the First Intifada, he was assassinated at Sidi Bou Said, in Tunisia, on 16 April 1988.
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Abu Jihad
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.
One of the principal architects of the uprising
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonKhalil al-Wazir was born in PlaceRamla
Role: Born here: 10 October 1935, Ramla
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s header: born 10 October 1935, Ramla
Evidence version:palquest-khalil-al-wazir-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonKhalil al-Wazir participated in EventThe First Intifada
Role: One of the principal architects of the uprising
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “Khalil al-Wazir was one of the principal architects of the first popular intifada, which broke out in December 1987.”
Evidence version:palquest-khalil-al-wazir-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.