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Thabet Ahmed Abdullah Thabet (born
on December 20, 1950 - assassinated on December 31, 2000) was a Palestinian
politician, diplomat, and leader from the city of Tulkarm. He was one of the
leaders of the Fatah movement. He was a political leader of the organization
faction of the Fatah movement, the backbone of the Palestinian Authority, and a
close associate of President Yasser Arafat. And secretary of the Fatah movement
in Tulkarem. Israel assassinated him in the morning in front of his house in
the city of Tulkarm, coinciding with the anniversary of the launch of the Fatah
movement.
his working life
He obtained his high school diploma
from Al Fadhiliya School in Tulkarm in 1968, then went to Iraq, where he joined
the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Baghdad. During his university
studies there, he joined the Fatah movement in Iraq since 1968, and later
became president of the General Union of Palestinian Students, Iraq branch.
After graduating, he returned to
Tulkarem, and upon his return, the Israeli authorities arrested him for six
months, and imposed house arrest on him for three years. He opened a dental
clinic for him in the city of Tulkarm, and he was elected president of the
Palestinian Dental Association.
In 1991, he was appointed as the
representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization at the Madrid Peace
Talks. He was also Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and
Secretary of the Fatah Movement in Tulkarm.
Commemorating and honoring him
In honor of Thabet Thabet,
immediately after his assassination, the Fatah movement established the Thabet
Thabet Military Brigades, and the Palestinian National Authority named the
governmental hospital in Tulkarm after him, so that the name of the hospital
became “Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital.” One of the city’s
important squares was also named after him. And a monument was erected for him
in the field, which included his picture.
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