Hamdi Quran

Hamdi Quran
حمدي قرعان
Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Personal details
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Parent
  • d. 2014[1] (mother)
Militant WingAbu Ali Mustafa Brigades
Then called the "Red Eagle Brigades"

Hamdi Quran is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He was one of a four-man PFLP team who, on 17 October 2001 assassinated Rehavam Ze'evi, the founder of the right-wing Moledet party, who mainly advocated for "population transfer".[2]

In 2002, Quran was sentenced by the Palestinian National Authority to 18 years for the crime and imprisoned in a Jericho prison under the supervision of British and American wardens under a deal worked out between US President, George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, in April 2002.

  1. ^ https://www.salam-tv.net/ar/news/72893.html
  2. ^ "Zeevi profile". the Guardian. 18 October 2001.