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Person · Poet; mayor of Nazareth from 1975
1929–1994
Born in Nazareth on 7 May 1929, he led a student demonstration against British policy in 1946, joined the National Liberation League and then the Israel Communist Party, and was twice imprisoned for organising protests in the 1950s. A poet and editor of the literary journal al-Jadid, he was elected to the Knesset in 1973 and mayor of Nazareth in 1975, and from both posts played a leading part in the strike of Land Day, 30 March 1976. He died in Jericho on 5 July 1994, having gone to welcome Yasser Arafat back from exile.
An introductory profile. The source material below provides the fuller record.
يوم الأرض
On 30 March 1976 Palestinians in Israel held a general strike against the confiscation of their land in the Galilee. Israeli troops and police raided their towns and villages; six people were killed, about fifty injured and some 300 detained. Palestinians everywhere have marked the day since.
From the Knesset and as mayor of Nazareth, played a leading part in the strike
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonTawfiq Zayyad was born in PlaceNazareth
Role: Born here: 7 May 1929, Nazareth
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 7 May 1929, Nazareth
Evidence version:palquest-tawfiq-zayyad-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonTawfiq Zayyad participated in EventLand Day
Role: From the Knesset and as mayor of Nazareth, played a leading part in the strike
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “From his position in the Knesset and as mayor of Nazareth, Zayyad played a prominent role in the success of the strike known as Land Day on 30 March 1976.”
Evidence version:palquest-tawfiq-zayyad-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.