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George Habash

1926 - 2008

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George Habash (1 August 1926 – 26 January 2008) was a Palestinian politician and physician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from 1967 to 2000. Habash was born in Lydda, Mandatory Palestine, in 1926. In 1948, while he was a medical student at the American University of Beirut, he returned to his hometown of Lydda during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The city's Arab Palestinian population, including his family, was forcibly driven out in an event known as the Lydda Death March, which led to the death of his sister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Habash is the 46th most popular extremist (down from 27th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Extremist.

George Habash is most famous for founding the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, George Habash ranks 46 out of 283. Before him are Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, Issei Sagawa, Peter Kürten, and Nedeljko Čabrinović. After him are Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, Jim Jones, Sawney Bean, William Kemmler, and Abu Nidal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, George Habash ranks 55. Before him are Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, Richard Crenna, Abdus Salam, Maria Schell, and Clifford Geertz. After him are Tony Bennett, Vivian Maier, John G. Kemeny, Murray Rothbard, Margot Frank, and Masatoshi Koshiba. Among people deceased in 2008, George Habash ranks 39. Before him are Gary Gygax, Jean-Marie Balestre, Jacques Piccard, Heath Ledger, Lansana Conté, and John Archibald Wheeler. After him are Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, Michael Crichton, George Emil Palade, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Joshua Lederberg.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, George Habash ranks 103 out of 466. Before him are Yoav Galant (1958), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105), Uri Geller (1946), Israel Katz (1955), and Jonathan Apphus (-200). After him are Gene Simmons (1949), Ofra Haza (1957), Yitzhak Navon (1921), Zephaniah (-701), Natalie Portman (1981), and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Israel

Among extremists born in Israel, George Habash ranks 1. After him are Abu Nidal (1937), Wadie Haddad (1927), Sirhan Sirhan (1944), and Yigal Amir (1970).

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