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Bassam as-Salhi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “general secretary of the palestinian people's party and elected member of the palestinian legislative council”. Today it says “palestinian politician and the secretary-general of the palestinian people's party”.
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Bassam as-Salhi (born 1960) is a Palestinian politician and the Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), a left-wing political party, since 2008. Born in the Al-Am'ari Refugee Camp near Ramallah to a family originally from Lydda , as-Salhi was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in the 2006 general election through the party-list of The Alternative .
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general secretary of the palestinian people's party and elected member of the palestinian legislative council
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palestinian politician and the secretary-general of the palestinian people's party
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