

The two disagreed about Abed Rabbo's participation in Arafat's diplomacy regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the extent of the DFLP's political activities in Jordan, where Hawatmeh was based. By then, relations between Abed Rabbo and Hawatmeh deteriorated. Arafat appointed him the PLO's representative in the 1988–1990 talks with the United States in Tunis. During the 1980s, Abed Rabbo became closely allied with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and supported his attempts to negotiate a two-state solution.

īetween 19, Abed Rabbo served as the head of the PLO's Information Department. He became the most senior member of the DFLP to serve on the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive councils. Abed Rabbo became a member of the DFLP's politburo and was the organization's second most influential figure, after Hawatmeh. In 1968, a leftist faction of the PFLP led by Nayef Hawatmeh split from the movement and formed the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). When the Palestinian branch of the ANM evolved in 1967 into the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), he became one of its leaders. Yasser Abed Rabbo started his political career in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), a pan-Arabist organization. He later attended the American University in Cairo where he graduated with an MA in economics and political science. Yasser Abed Rabbo ( Arabic: ياسر عبد ربه) also known by his kunya, Abu Bashar ( Arabic: ابو بشار) (born 17 September 1945) is a Palestinian politician and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee.īiography Early life and career īorn in Jaffa in 1945, Abed Rabbo became a Palestinian refugee as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
