Khalil al-Wazir co-founded Fatah and commanded its armed wing, al-Assifa, under PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Through 2015 the opening said most Israelis considered him a high-profile terrorist for planning the killings of Israelis, alongside the Palestinian view of him as a martyr. Today that sentence is gone from the opening, though terror survives five times in the body. A reader arriving now learns he was a Palestinian leader and Fatah co-founder, not that most Israelis regarded him as a terrorist responsible for planning killings of Israelis.
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Khalil El-Wazir ( October 10 , 1935 – April 16 , 1988 ), better known by his nom de guerre "Abu Jihad", was a founder of the Palestinian group Fatah , and later a top aide to Yassir Arafat . He was assassinated by Israeli agents in Tunis . source : Al-Wazir, Khalil Ibrahim, “Palestinian Biography”, [1] Al-Wazir, Khalil Ibrahim (ABU JIHAD) He was born in Ramla, Palestine . He was displaced in 1948 when Israeli forces evicted Palestinians from that region. He settled in the Burayj refugee camp in the Gaza Strip , where he completed his secondary education. He planned and executed military acts against Israeli targets and in 1954 was punished by the Egyptian authorities for such activities. Having received his military traning in Cairo while attending classes at the University of Alexandria in 1956, he left college without completing a course. He found work in Kuwait in 1959 and remained there, working as a teacher, until 1963. His stay in Kuwait put him in touch with his comrades with whom he founded the FATEH movement. Al-Wazir was one of the early full-time (mutafarrigh) members of Fatah after the Fatah Central Committee instructed him to open an office for the movement in Algeria. He was also one of the founding editors of Filastinuna, the official organ of Fatah. He was in charge of the recruitment and training of Fatah fighters, creating the nucleus of the fighting force of Fatah, later known as AL-ASIFA, The Storm. Al-Wazir settled in Algeria in 1963 and cultivated ties with military leaders in socialist countries. He opened the first office for Fatah in an Arab country and started the first military training camp for his movement. He visited China in 1964 and later preached "a people's liberation war," although he never supported communism as an ideology . He also visited North Vietnam and North Korea , where he received advanced military education. In 1965, Abu Jihad settled in Damascus , taking advantage of the Syrian Ba'thist regime's support of the doctrine of people's liberation war. He became the major link between underground activist cells inside the occuppied territories and the Palestinian national movement. The 1967 defeat propelled him into a key leadership position with the PLO, made possible by his reputation as an expert on people's liberation war, considered the only solution at the time. He assumed major responsibilities in the Central Committee of Fatah, in the command of the forces of al-Asifa, on the PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL, and on the Supreme Military Council of the PLO. He was also put in charge of commando operations in the Occupied Territories and inside Israel. Abu Jihad played an important military role in Jordan in 1970-71 during the Black September clashes. He also supplied the encircled Palestinian forces in Jarash and Ajlun. Then, like other PLO leaders, he relocated to Beirut , where he kept a low profile until civil war broke out in Lebanon . He advocated a policy of full support for the Lebanese national movement and helped build up the forces of the PLO's Lebanese allies. His main interest remained with the Occupied Territories . Abu Jihad used his contacts with communist countries to augment the military power of the PLO. The resulting arms acquisition helped bring about a change of the PLO's fighting forces into a conventional army, rather than the "people's liberation forces" on which he had earlier insisted. Nevertheless, Abu Jihad remained close to his fighters; avoiding the lure of Beirut, he established his headquarters in Kayfun, near Alayh in Mount Lebanon . The 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel forced Abu Jihad, along with other PLO leaders, to relocate farther away from Palestine, this time in Tunisia. The invasion of Lebanon seemed to have changed Abu Jihad's political and military philosophy; apparently, he lost faith in the PLO's ability to deliver a solution to the Palestinians from outside the Occupied Territories and began to advocate a more populist approach. In 1982, he began to sponsor youth committees in the Occupied Territories. These committees would become the organization that later helped to ignite the first INTIFADA . However, Abu Jihad did not live long enough to see that uprising as he was assassinated by an Israeli commando team led by Moshe_Ya'alon in April 1988. At the time of his assassination Abu Jihad was working late in his office. After a brief exchange of fire, Abu Jihad, the mastermind behind the Savoy Operation in 1975 and Dalal Mughrabi 's attack on a bus on the Haifa-Tel Aviv road in March of 1978, was killed. It was reported later that his body was riddled with 77 bullets.1
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Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( ), also known by his kunya " Abu Jihad " ( أبو جهاد — father of the struggle ) (October 10, 1935–April 16, 1988), was a Palestinian military leader and founder of the secular political party Fatah .As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman , Yasser Arafat , al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa .The majority of the Palestinians viewed him as a martyr who died resisting the Israeli occupation or at least sympathized with his cause, while most Israelis considered him to be a high-profile terrorist for planning the killings of Israelis.Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip .In the early 1960s, he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders.He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria .He played an important role in the 1970-71 Black September clashes in Jordan , by supplying surrounded Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid.Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army , al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon .Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon , al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets.He prepared Beirut 's defense against incoming Israeli forces.Nonetheless, Israel prevailed and he was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership.Al-Wazir settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986.From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories ; these eventually became the backbone of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada .However, he did not live to command the uprising: on April 16, 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis, apparently by Israeli commandos.From Defender to Dictator .
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Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( , also known by his kunya Abu Jihad أبو جهاد —"father of struggle"; October 10, 1935 – April 16, 1988) was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the secular nationalist party Fatah . As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat , al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa . The majority of Palestinians viewed him as a martyr who died resisting the Israeli occupation or at least sympathized with his cause, while most Israelis considered him to be a high-profile terrorist for planning the killings of Israelis. Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip . In the early 1960s he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders. He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria . He played an important role in the 1970–71 Black September clashes in Jordan , by supplying besieged Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid. Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army , al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon . Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon , al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets. He prepared Beirut 's defense against incoming Israeli forces. Nonetheless, the Israeli military prevailed and al-Wazir was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership. He settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986. From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories ; these eventually became the backbone of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada . However, he did not live to command the uprising. On April 16, 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis, by Israeli commandos.There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ). From Defender to Dictator .
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Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( , also known by his kunya Abu Jihad أبو جهاد —"Jihad's Father"; 10 October 1935 – 16 April 1988) was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah . As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat , al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa . Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip . In the early 1960s he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders. He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria . He played an important role in the 1970–71 Black September clashes in Jordan , by supplying besieged Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid. Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army , al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon . Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon , al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets. He prepared Beirut 's defense against incoming Israeli forces. Nonetheless, the Israeli military prevailed and al-Wazir was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership. He settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986. From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories ; these eventually formed a major component of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada . However, he did not live to command the uprising. On 16 April 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis by Israeli commandos. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah (1935–1988) Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( , also known by his kunya Abu Jihad أبو جهاد —"Jihad's Father"; 10 October 1935 – 16 April 1988) was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah . As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat , al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa . Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip . In the early 1960s he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders. He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria . He played an important role in the 1970–71 Black September clashes in Jordan , by supplying besieged Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid. Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army , al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon . Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon , al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets. He prepared Beirut 's defense against incoming Israeli forces. Nonetheless, the Israeli military prevailed and al-Wazir was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership. He settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986. From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories ; these eventually formed a major component of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada . However, he did not live to command the uprising. On 16 April 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis by Israeli commandos. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Palestinian military leader, founder of Fatah (1935–1988) Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir ( Arabic : خليل إبراهيم الوزير , also known by his kunya Abu Jihad أبو جهاد —"Jihad's Father"; 10 October 1935 – 16 April 1988) was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah . As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat , al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa . Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip . In the early 1960s he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders. He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria . He played an important role in the 1970–71 Black September clashes in Jordan , by supplying besieged Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid. Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army , al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon . Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon , al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets. He prepared Beirut 's defense against incoming Israeli forces. Nonetheless, the Israeli military prevailed and al-Wazir was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership. He settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986. From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories ; these eventually formed a major component of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada . However, he did not live to command the uprising. On 16 April 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis by Israeli commandos. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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