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15 Facts About Abu Daoud

1.

Abu Daoud served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah's armed units in Lebanon and Jordan.

2.

Abu Daoud taught physics and mathematics in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

3.

Abu Daoud lived in Jerusalem until the 1967 Six-Day War, when he was displaced after Israel captured the eastern portion of the city.

4.

Abu Daoud resettled in Jordan, where he joined the PLO.

5.

In 1970, Abu Daoud was one of the founders of Fatah.

6.

Abu Daoud received military training from the North Korean military.

7.

Abu Daoud resumed his activities with Fatah and the PLO in close collaboration with Abu Iyad and other officials.

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8.

Abu Daoud led armed units in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.

9.

Abu Daoud settled with his family in Syria, the only country that would take him.

10.

Abu Daoud lived on a pension provided by the Palestinian Authority and gave interviews to Aljazeera and other Arab and international media outlets about his life, the Munich events, and Palestinian politics.

11.

In 2006, Abu Daoud gave several personal interviews after the release of the Steven Spielberg film Munich revived discussions of the massacre.

12.

Abu Daoud published his autobiography Palestine: From Jerusalem to Munich in French in 1999.

13.

On 3 July 2010, Daoud died of kidney failure at Al-Andalus Hospital in Damascus, Syria.

14.

Abu Daoud was survived by his wife, five daughters and a son.

15.

Abu Daoud was one of the leading figures of Fatah and spent his life in resistance and sincere work as well as physical sacrifice for his people's just causes.