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The opening as it read in 2010

Abu Ali Mustafa ( ), (1938 – August 27, 2001), the kunya -style nom de guerre of Mustafa Alhaj a.k.a.¹ Mustafa Ali Zibri , was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was killed by Israel forces the following year.² Abu Ali Mustafa was born in 1938, in the northern West Bank town of Arrabah , the son of a farmer. In 1955 he joined the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), and two years later was arrested by the Jordanian authorities for his political activities. On his release in 1961, he took charge of the ANM's military operations in the northern West Bank . Following the Israeli capture of the West Bank in the Six-Day War , he left the West Bank and spent 32 years mainly in Damascus and Jordan . Abu Ali joined George Habash and other left-wing members of the ANM in establishing the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1967, and became a leading member of the new organisation. He was also a prominent member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation rising to become a member of its ruling Executive Committee. He was for a long time deputy to George Habash's leadership of the PFLP. In September 1999 he returned to the West Bank under a deal struck between Yasser Arafat and Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Barak . In July 2000 he was elected as the new general secretary of the PFLP after Habash retired. Israeli Apache helicopter He was killed in a targeted killing by two rockets fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter as he sat at his desk in Ramallah on August 27, 2001. At the time, he was the most senior Palestinian political leader to have been killed by Israel. He was married with three daughters and two sons.³ The PFLP subsequently renamed their armed wing in the Occupied Palestinian Territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades .⁴ He was succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat . Israeli tourist minister Rehavam Ze'evi was allegedly assassinated by the PFLP in revenge to the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa. Ze'evi himself was a strong supporter of Israeli carrying out out-of-court assassinations of Palestinian terrorists. [1] The PFLP is regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel and many western states. Israel held Mustafa personally responsible for 10 different car-bomb attacks taken by the PFLP during his time as general secretary (in Jerusalem , Or-Yehuda , Yehud , and Haifa ) and other shootings. [2] In an interview with Al Jazeera [3] shortly before his killing, he said: "We believe the Palestinian people, both in the Diaspora and under occupation, have the right to struggle using all means, including the armed struggle, because we think the conflict is the constant, while the means and tactics are the variables". Asked about the risk of targeted killing at Israeli hands he said: "We all are targeted as soon as we begin to be mobilised. We do our best to avoid their guns, but we are living under the brutal Zionist occupation of our lands, and its army is only a few metres away from us. Of course we must be cautious, but we have work to do, and nothing will stop us".⁵

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The opening as it stood in 2005

Mustafa Ali Zibri , ( 1938 to August 27 , 2001 ) was a Palestinian leader. He was born Abu Ali Mustafa, in 1938 , in the northern West Bank town of Arraba , the son of a farmer. He fled his home when Israel captured the town in the 1967 war and spent 32 years in exile, mainly in Damascus and Jordan . He took the name Mustafa Zibri as a nom de guerre . Zibri helped form the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1967 . He was also one of the founders of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation rising to become a member of its ruling Executive Committee. He was for a long time deputy to George Habash ’s leadership of the PFLP. In September 1999 after 32 years of exile, he returned to the West Bank under a deal struck between Yasser Arafat and Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Barak . In July 2000 Zibri was elected as the new leader of the PFLP after Habash retired. He was killed in a targeted assassination by two rockets fired from an Israeli helicopter as he sat at his desk in Ramallah on August 27, 2001 . He was one of the most senior Palestinian political leaders killed by Israel. He was married with three daughters and two sons.

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Abu Ali Mustafa ( / ˈ ɑː b uː ˈ ɑː l iː ˈ m uː . s t ə . f ɑː / ) ; 1938 – 27 August 2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj a.k.a. Mustafa Ali Zibri , was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Abu Ali Mustafa ( / ˈ ɑː b uː ˈ ɑː l i ˈ m uː s t ə f ə / ; ; 1938 – 27 August 2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj also known as Mustafa Ali Zibri , was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on 27 August 2001. Mustafa was succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat , and the PFLP subsequently renamed their armed wing in the Palestinian territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades . "Who are the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades?" . euronews . 18 November 2014.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Palestinian politician (1938–2001) Abu Ali Mustafa ( / ˈ ɑː b uː ˈ ɑː l i ˈ m uː s t ə f ə / ; ; 1938 – 27 August 2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj also known as Mustafa Ali Zabri , was a Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on 27 August 2001. Mustafa was succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat , and the PFLP subsequently renamed their armed wing in the Palestinian territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades . "Who are the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades?" . euronews . 18 November 2014.

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Palestinian politician (1938–2001) leaders Mustafa Ali Zabri ( Arabic : مصطفى علي الزبري ; 14 May 1938 – 27 August 2001), better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa ( / ˈ ɑː b uː ˈ ɑː l i ˈ m uː s t ə f ə / ; Arabic : أبو علي مصطفى ) and also known as Mustafa Alhaj , was a Palestinian militant who served as the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on 27 August 2001. Mustafa was succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat , and the PFLP subsequently renamed their armed wing in the Palestinian territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades .

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