(1926-2008) A
Palestinian political and military figure. In 1967 Habash formed the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP), a secular Palestinian resistance movement informed by Marxist ideas. Habash was often in opposition to
Yasser Arafat, the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the leader of
Fatah, and increased that opposition once Arafat began negotiations with
Israel through the Oslo Process in the 1990s. In 2000, Habash resigned his leadership of the vPFLP, citing health reasons. See "
Obituary: George Habash," Crispin Thorold, BBC, January 27, 2008.