Nayef Hawatmeh

Hawatmeh with Yasser Arafat and Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman prior to Black September . Nayef Hawatmeh ( , Kunya : Abu an-Nuf ) (born November 1938 in Salt , Jordan ) is a Jordanian politician of Palestinian origin. His name can be transliterated from the Arabic in many ways; variants include Naif Hawatma, Nayif Hawathme, etc. Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian tribe and is a Greek Catholic Christian . He is the General Secretary of the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) since its formation in a 1969 split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which he was also a founder. He was active as a left-wing leader in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), which preceded the PFLP. He presently resides in exile in Syria , from which the DFLP receives some support. The DFLP was responsible for the 1974 Ma'alot massacre in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed. Hawatmeh opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords , calling them a "sell-out", but became more conciliatory in the late 1990s. In 1999 he agreed to meet with Yassir Arafat (who had signed the accords) and even shook hands with the Israeli President , Ezer Weizmann , at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan , drawing strong criticism from his Palestinian and Arab peers. In 2004 he was briefly active in a joint Palestinian- Israeli non-governmental attempt to start a coalition of Palestinian groups supporting a two-state solution , and called for a cessation of hostilities in the al-Aqsa Intifada . In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the West Bank for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium : a Reporter's Journey .

Hawatmeh with Yasser Arafat and Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman prior to Black September . Nayef Hawatmeh ( , Kunya : Abu an-Nuf ) (born November 1938 in Salt , Transjordan ) is a Jordanian politician who was active in the Palestinian political life. His name can be transliterated from the Arabic in many ways; variants include Naif Hawatma, Nayif Hawatme, etc. Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian clan and is a Catholic Christian . He is the General Secretary of the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) since its formation in a 1969 split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which he was also a founder. He was active as a left-wing leader in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), which preceded the PFLP. He presently resides in exile in Syria , from which the DFLP receives some support. The DFLP was responsible for the 1974 Ma'alot massacre in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed. Hawatmeh opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords , calling them a "sell-out", but became more conciliatory in the late 1990s. In 1999 he agreed to meet with Yassir Arafat (who had signed the accords) and even shook hands with the Israeli President , Ezer Weizmann , at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan , drawing strong criticism from his Palestinian and Arab peers. In 2004 he was briefly active in a joint Palestinian- Israeli non-governmental attempt to start a coalition of Palestinian groups supporting a two-state solution , and called for a cessation of hostilities in the al-Aqsa Intifada . In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the West Bank for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium : a Reporter's Journey .

Jordanian politician Hawatmeh with Yasser Arafat and Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman prior to Black September . Nayef Hawatmeh ( , Kunya : Abu an-Nuf ; born 17 November 1938) is a Jordanian politician who was active in the Palestinian political life. Hawatmeh hails from a Jordanian clan and is a practicing Greek Catholic . He is the General Secretary of the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) since its formation in a 1969 split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which he was also a founder. He was active as a leader in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), which preceded the PFLP. He presently resides in exile in Syria , from which the DFLP receives some support. Hawatmeh opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords , calling them a "sell-out", but became more conciliatory in the late 1990s. In 1999 he agreed to meet with Yassir Arafat (who had signed the accords) and even shook hands with the Israeli President , Ezer Weizmann , at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan , drawing strong criticism from his Palestinian and Arab peers. In 2004 he was briefly active in a joint Palestinian- Israeli non-governmental attempt to start a coalition of Palestinian groups supporting a two-state solution , and called for a cessation of hostilities in the al-Aqsa Intifada . In 2007 Israel indicated it would allow him to travel to the West Bank for the first time since 1967, in order to participate in a meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium : a Reporter's Journey .

Palestinian politician leaders Nayef Hawatmeh ( Arabic : نايف حواتمة , romanized : Nāyef Ḥawātmeh ; Kunya : Abu an-Nuf ; born 17 November 1938) is a Jordanian politician who is the head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine . Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).