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The opening as it read in 2025
Taysir Khalid ( Arabic : تيسير خالد ), also spelled as Tayseer Khaled , is a member and politburo , member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization . He resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords in 1993. He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005 . He gained 3.4% of the vote. Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut , Mandatory Palestine , near Qabalan and as-Sawiya . His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Tareq and Taysir. He also had three sisters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman / Zarqa , Jordan , two sons, Fabian and Murad and two daughters, Nadia and Nadeen, two grandsons Omar and Rami. The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building . Political Handbook of the World 2008 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Taysir Khalid is a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). He was the party's candidate for President of the Palestinian Authority in 2005. He gained 3.35% of the vote. v t e
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Taysir Khalid , also spelled as Tayseer Khaled , is a member and politburo member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), who was a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization until 1993, when he resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords .He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005 .He gained 3.4% of the vote.Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut , Mandatory Palestine , near Qabalan and as-Sawiya .His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Ahmad and Taysir.He also had three daughters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman / Zarqa , Jordan .The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building .Political Handbook of the World 2008 .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Taysir Khalid ( Arabic : تيسير خالد ), also spelled as Tayseer Khaled , is a member and politburo , member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization . He resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords in 1993. He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005 . He gained 3.4% of the vote. Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut , Mandatory Palestine , near Qabalan and as-Sawiya . His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Ahmad and Taysir. He also had three daughters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman / Zarqa , Jordan . The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building . Political Handbook of the World 2008 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian politician Taysir Khalid ( ), also spelled as Tayseer Khaled , is a member and politburo , member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization . He resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords in 1993. He was the party's candidate for the Palestinian presidential election in 2005 . He gained 3.4% of the vote. Khalid was born on 19 January 1941 in Qaryut , Mandatory Palestine , near Qabalan and as-Sawiya . His father Ahmad was a peasant who had four sons, Abbas, Jameel, Tareq and Taysir.He also had three sisters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who now lives in Amman / Zarqa , Jordan , two sons, Fabian and Murad and two daughters, Nadia and Nadeen. The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building . Political Handbook of the World 2008 .
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member of the democratic front for the liberation of palestine
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member and politburo
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