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Muhammad Ali al-Ja‘bari
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Person · Mayor of Hebron from 1940
Muhammad Ali al-Ja‘bari
محمد علي الجعبري1900–1980
Born in Hebron in 1900, he studied at al-Azhar and returned to teach and preach at the Ibrahimi Mosque, represented Hebron at the seventh Palestinian National Congress in 1928, and qualified in law at the Jerusalem Law Classes in 1931. The British detained him at Sarafand from July to November 1936, after the general strike was declared, and appointed him mayor of Hebron on 28 October 1940, a post he held until April 1948. After the Nakba he was a leading opponent of the Arab Higher Committee and of the All-Palestine government proclaimed in Gaza. He died in Hebron on 29 May 1980.
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Mohammed Ali al-Jabari
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PersonMuhammad Ali al-Ja‘bari was born in PlaceHebron
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