Bassam Abu Sharif
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Bassam Abu Sharif is a former senior adviser to Yasser Arafat and leading cadre of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was previously a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestin
Bassam Abu Sharif in 1989
Black September
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Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main ph
Bassam Abu Sharif
…Swissair, and TWA flights and blew them up in the Jordanian desert, triggering King Hussein's expulsion of the PLO from Jordan, which became known as Black September. A fourth pair of hijackers on an El Al flight were overpowered by security guards and passengers. Abu Sharif was born in the Old City of Jerusalem on…
View of Jabal Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman
King Hussein after checking an abandoned Israeli tank on 21 March 1968 during the Battle of Karameh. The perceived joint Palestinian-Jordanian victory led to an upsurge in support for the fedayeen in Jordan.
Fedayeen of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Jordan, early 1969
PLO leaders Yasser Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Kamal Nasser speaking at a press conference in Amman after the June events, 1970