From Occupied Palestine

Ahmad Sa'adat must be released and his safety ensured
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Public Statement, 13 June 2002

Israel/Occupied Territories/Palestinian Authority

Following the decision of the Palestinian High Court of Justice in Gaza ordering that Ahmad Sa'adat be released immediately, Amnesty International is calling on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to respect this decision and free him from detention without further delay. Amnesty International is also calling on Israel to publicly guarantee that Ahmad Sa'adat will not be subjected to any extrajudicial measures, including assassination.

PFLP threatens to kill Arafat aides if leader is not freed
GRAHAM USHER
Guardian 18 January 2002

Jerusalem -- The spectre of a Palestinian civil war loomed yesterday when the military wing of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine threatened to kill Palestinian Authority security chiefs if its leader, Ahmed Saadat, and other PFLP political prisoners were not "immediately released" from authority jails.

Where terror begins
Arabs are asking why Israeli brutality is deemed self-defence while Palestinians are vilified as terrorists
DAVID HIRST
Guardian, 26 October 2001

Beirut -- Some Arabs did criticise the assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi. But not because it was an act of terrorism. They simply shared the widespread apprehension about its impact on the hoped-for renewal of the peace process.

Outflanking Arafat
EWEN MacKASKILL
Guardian, 18 October 2001

The roots of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which yesterday assassinated the Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi, can be traced to 1948, the year the state of Israel was born.

George Habash, the PFLP founder, was a medical student at the time and witnessed the forced removal of Arabs from their towns. "From that time, I felt that I had to sacrifice all my life for my just cause," he said.

Assassins kill general who said Palestinian were 'lice'
PHIL REEVES
Independent, 18 October 2001

Jerusalem -- The assassins struck at breakfast time in Jerusalem's Hyatt hotel, a luxurious, honey-coloured complex whose rooms command majestic views of the holy city. The place was a natural choice for a retired army general who held rigid opinions about the ownership of the surrounding landscape.

Obituary: Rehavam Zeevi
LAWRENCE JOFFE
Guardian, 18 October 2001

The Israeli minister for tourism Rehavam Zeevi, who has been assassinated aged 75, was so rightwing that he barely remained within the outer perimeter of political acceptability. He advocated the "transfer by agreement" of 3.3m Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza to the 21 Arab nations of the region. This policy, he argued, would "cure a demographic ailment". Somewhat slyly, last February he reminded liberal detractors that it was the Labour party that had invented and carried out the first "transfer" of Arabs, in 1948.

We will not surrender; victory is coming
POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE
PFLP Communique, 29 August 2001

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued the following statement on August 29, 2001, following the assassination of its secretary general, Comrade Abu Ali Mustafa, by Israeli forces.

YESTERDAY was a sad day in the history of the PFLP. It was also a sad day for the Palestinian people, the Arab world, and the world’s internationalists. Yesterday the Palestinian people marched in Ramallah for the last time with Abu Ali Mustafa. More than 50,000 mourners, women, men and children, joined the procession, making it one of the biggest funerals in Palestinian history. Indeed, many more would have come from all over Palestine, if not for the barbaric restrictions of movement imposed on our people by the Israeli occupation army. Thousands of people in all Palestinian cities, as well as thousands of others in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, paid tribute to Abu Ali Mustafa by organising symbolic funerals. Mourning ceremonies to receive condolences took place all over the world. Dr George Habash, Al-Hakim, addressed the Palestinian people and the Arab masses and offered condolences for the loss of his long-standing comrade and friend.

PFLP vows to wreak 'hell'; Palestinians close ranks
AMIRA HASS
Ha'aretz, 28 August 2001

Israel's assassination of Mustafa Zabri, 63, more commonly known by the name Abu Ali Mustafa as one of the founders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, galvanized the Palestinian political spectrum yesterday into a united front and prompted calls for revenge that promised "hell" for Israelis.

Abu Ali Mustafa
LAWRENCE JOFFE
Guardian, 28 August 2001

Two rockets fired from a helicopter yesterday morning blew apart the Palestinian leader, Abu Ali Mustafa, as he sat at his desk in Ramallah, just feet away from Yasser Arafat's own offices. At a stroke, Israel had eliminated one of its most dogged foes.

Abu Ali Mustafa: "The right to struggle"
TAMAR SHILOH
BBC News, 27 August 2001

"The Palestinian people ... have the right to struggle using all means, including the armed struggle, because we think the conflict is the constant, while the means and tactics are the variables" - Abu Ali Mustafa