Abu Ali Mustafa

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Mustafa Ali Zabri (Arabic: مصطفى علي الزبري; 14 May 1938 – 27 August 2001), better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa ( ; 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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Abu Ali Mustafa led the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and was assassinated by Israel in a targeted killing in 2001. The 2010 opening said "the PFLP is regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel and many western states." Today's opening no longer carries this designation, though terror survives once in the body. A reader today learns that Mustafa led the PFLP and was assassinated by Israel, but not that Israel and multiple Western governments designate the PFLP a terrorist organization.

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