Kamal Nasser
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Kamal Nasser (b. 1925) was born in Gaza to a Bir Zayt family. He was educated at American University of Beirut and worked as a teacher while studying law in Jerusalem. In the period following Israeli independence Nasser worked as a journalist. He was responsible for producing the al-Ba‘th newspaper from Ramallah and also set up al-Jil al-Jadid, a literary periodical. In 1956 he was elected as Ba‘th member for Ramallah district. He did not serve out his term as a result of his expulsion from Parliament during the subsequent martial law period.
Expelled from West Bank by Israel in 1967 he became editor of PLO newspaper, Filastin al-Thawra. In addition, at that time he became a member of PLO Executive Committee from February 1969 through July of 1971 serving as official the spokesman and the head of National Guidance.
Nasser was assassinated by Israeli commandos during Operation Spring of Youth, on the night of April 9 and early morning of April 10, 1973.
