Haidar Abdel-Shafi
Haidar Abdel-Shafi (born June 10, 1919 in Gaza , † September 25, 2007 there ) was a Palestinian doctor and politician . He helped found the PLO and was a member of its executive committee from 1964 to 1965. For a long time he was considered a respected secular leader in the Israeli- Palestinian peace negotiations.
Life
Abdel-Shafi studied medicine at the American University of Beirut . After serving in the British Jordanian Army during World War II , he worked in a Dayton, Ohio hospital . In 1954 he returned to Gaza, where he practiced as a surgeon , campaigned for the independence of Palestine and in 1972 founded a branch of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society . In 1991 he headed the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference , but rejected the subsequent negotiations at the Oslo Peace Process , which he had long foreseen to fail. In 1996 he was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council, which he left in 1997 in protest because the latter did nothing against the Israeli settlement in the autonomous areas .
Web links
- Short biography at the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPK) in Bonn
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| SURNAME | Abdel-Shafi, Haidar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian doctor and nationalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaza |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2007 |
| Place of death | Gaza |