1. Ahmad Sa'adat was elected General Secretary of the PFLP by its Central Committee in October 2001, to succeed Abu Ali Mustafa after his assassination by Israel during the Second Intifada.
14 Facts About Ahmad Sa'adat
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Ahmad Sa'adat has been sentenced to prison terms and held in prison since 2002.
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Ahmad Sa'adat had spent many years in Israeli prisons, on eight separate occasions.
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Ahmad Sa'adat was accused by Israel of organizing the assassination of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi, and took refuge in the Muqata'a headquarters of PLO leader Yassir Arafat, which was then besieged by Israel after Arafat refused to hand him over to Israel.
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Ahmad Sa'adat was held in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison and his health deteriorated after frequent hunger strikes in protest of Israeli policies.
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Ahmad Sa'adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Ahmad Sa'adat was accused by Israel of organizing the assassination of the Israeli Tourism Minister, Rehavam Ze'evi, who was killed on 17 October 2001.
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Ahmad Sa'adat took refuge in the Muqata'a headquarters of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, who refused to hand him over to Israel, leading to an Israeli siege.
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Ahmad Sa'adat was tried in a Palestinian court while the other four were given a military trial.
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Ahmad Sa'adat was not allowed to run for political office, give interviews or address the public, although these bans were occasionally circumvented or ignored.
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The Palestinian Supreme Court declared that Ahmad Sa'adat's imprisonment was unconstitutional, and ordered his release, but the PNA has refused to comply.
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At the 2006 Palestinian election, Ahmad Sa'adat was elected to the Palestinian National Council and Hamas formed government.
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In 2010, the Israeli Supreme Court refused an appeal by Sadaat to be let out of solitary confinement, accepting the prosecution's claim that there was evidence Ahmad Sa'adat had sent messages to terrorist operatives from within prison.
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Ahmad Sa'adat is married to Abla Saadat, and together they have four children, two boys and two girls.