Nayef Hawatmeh
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Nayef Hawatmeh is a Jordanian politician who is the head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Hawatmeh in 2017
Hawatmeh (right) with Yasser Arafat and Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman prior to Black September in Jordan.
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
Nayef Hawatmeh
…some support. Hawatmeh did not support Fatah's policy of non-interference in the host country’s internal affairs from 1969 and argued just before Black September that attacks against King Hussein's regime in Jordan had become inevitable. He opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords, calling them a "sell-out," but became…
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