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Arafat's Tomb Nov 13 08 Arafat's Dream Nov 12 08 Yasser Arafat 1929 - 2004 Nov 11 08 Latest News ArticlesIsraelis cheer record number of Jewish legislators in US 07:58 Fri 21 Nov Israeli soldiers abduct the head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in 04:41 Fri 21 Nov PCHR Weekly Report: 4 Palestinians killed, 6 injured by Israeli forces 03:11 Fri 21 Nov Three internationals imprisoned by Israel declare hunger strike 02:54 Fri 21 Nov El Khodary: “The Occupation fights Palestinian children by aggression and siege” 23:33 Thu 20 Nov CRC anniversary attests to child rights deterioration in Occupied Palestinian Territories 22:23 Thu 20 Nov Israeli army detains several Palestinians in the West Bank 11:12 Thu 20 Nov Hamas's agriculture ministry warns of a nutrition crisis due to the Israeli blockade 10:54 Thu 20 Nov A Hamas fighter killed by an Israeli tank shell 10:39 Thu 20 Nov US, Israel to boycott the Durban conference 08:29 Thu 20 Nov Full StoryFormer PPP secretary-general, Fuad Riziq, dies at age 73The leftist Palestinian People Party, formerly known as the Palestinian Communist Party, issued a press release on Tuesday announcing with regret the death of its former secretary-general, member of the Palestinian National Council and the Central Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Fuad Riziq (Abu Anwar) who died on September 2 at age 73.
The party said that Abu Anwar spent his life in social and political activities and is considered one of the intellectuals and prominent political leaders. He was known as the role model for the Palestinian progressive movement. Abu Anwar joined the Communist Party in 1953 and was its first secretary-general. The Palestinian People Party expressed its condolences to the family of Riziq and to the Palestinian national movement. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and several Palestinian factions issued press releases expressing sorrow over the death of Abu Anwar, and called for unity among all Palestinians. |