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A memorial in Lod for George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. (Raami Mansour / Balad) Last update - 18:05 02/02/2008 MK Zahalka: PFLP's George Habash should be buried in Lod By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Tags: George Habash, PFL  Balad faction chairman MK Jamal Zahalka said on Saturday that George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who died last week, must be buried in Lod, his birthplace. "His natural place is in Lod, where he was born and raised," Zahalka declared at a memorial held for Habash, who was buried in Jordan, where he died. Zahalka said that Habash charted an important path for his people by emphasizing that the "Palestinian victim [must] challenge his fate and take the path of struggle and opposition." He also said the Palestinian leader had urged his people to oppose "Zionist colonization and imperialism" and to preserve national unity. Advertisement Hadash Chairman MK Mohammed Barakeh reportedly said at the memorial that Habash preserved Palestinian unity and worked for the realization of the right of return of Palestinian refugees and the establishment of a Palestinian state - which renders him deserving of respect even by those who disagreed with him. During the 1948 War of Independence, Habash was abroad for his studies. He returned to Lod before the city's Arab residents were expelled, and hadn't been back since. The ceremony included a portion in the Orthodox church in the city, after which the mourners marched to the site on which the Habash family house once stood, before it was reportedly destroyed several years ago. Habash, who was 81 when he died, founded the PFLP in 1968. He and his group gained notoriety for the hijackings in 1970 of four Western airliners over the United States, Europe, the Far East and the Persian Gulf. The aircraft were blown up in the Middle East after passengers and crews disembarked. The group also was responsible for gunning down 27 people at Israel's Lod airport in May 1972. Habash, an American-educated physician, launched the Popular Front in December 1967, six months after the Arabs lost the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights to Israel. Habash opposed the interim peace agreements with Israel, in part because they did not require Israel to stop settlement construction. Throughout his life, he supported the use of violence against Israel, arguing that Israel would not make the concessions required for a peace agreement. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Power to the people Egypt plans to provide all of Gaza's electricity, to wean dependency on Israel. Calculated escalation Hamas has been trying for some time to create a balance of deterrence with Israel.   1.   fifth column 18:00  |  rehovot 02/02/08   2.   Israel`s Problem 18:02  |  Fish 02/02/08   3.   Zahalka praises a child killer 18:04  |  Jerusalem Jew 02/02/08   4.   Sure, why not.. 18:19  |  William 02/02/08   5.   Habash 18:38  |  Garry 02/02/08   6.   5th COLUMN!!!!! 19:00  |  Jennie 02/02/08   7.   Not seen back since, definitely not now! 19:09  |  Man deVoshkes 02/02/08   8.   every one of these traitors should be exiled along with their fam 19:14  |  ralph 02/02/08   9.   To # 3 19:16  |  Sead 02/02/08   10.   Lod is his home, Israel is part of Palestine 19:22  |  nobodysacred 02/02/08   11.   This is to Fish #2 19:24  |  Mark garasshir 02/02/08   12.   Habbash? In Lod? 19:26  |  Mark Lincoln 02/02/08   13.   What`s there to honor in the life of a man who 19:57  |  Joseph . E 02/02/08   14.   haelaka zalakha 20:06  |  michel 02/02/08   15.   Arabist Inclined Abu Yoav Stern Promote Arab Propaganda 20:32  |  Joseph E . post 1 02/02/08   16.   Arabist Inclined Abu Yoav Stern Promote Arab Propaganda 20:33  |  Joseph E . post 2 02/02/08   17.   Why Why Why 20:33  |  Avi 02/02/08   18.   Sead has just made my point 20:47  |  Fish 02/02/08   19.   #11 garashir 20:47  |  Man deVoshkes 02/02/08   20.   Who cares were he·s buried. He is dead... 20:48  |  Stephen. 02/02/08   21.   we must have the foresight and strength to recognize enemies with 21:00  |  ralph 02/02/08   22.   we must have the foresight and strength to recognize enemies with 21:00  |  ralph 02/02/08   23.   I Hated Him But... 21:09  |  Yosemite 02/02/08   24.   Proof positive..can`t trust so called "Israeli" Arabs 21:22  |  SLAVO 02/02/08   25.   Secular Terror Tactics 21:34  |  Joseph . E 02/02/08   26.   Hypocritic Oath... 22:02  |  Ariel 02/02/08   27.   The Call of MK Zahalka to Burry George in Lod is in fact code wor 22:06  |  Joseph . E 02/02/08   28.   Bury him in Hell 22:21  |  Mohamed 02/02/08   29.   Arabs can`t have their war crimes and eat them too 22:27  |  Joe Sittizen 02/02/08   30.   23 Also bury Goldstein on Temple Mount in Jerusalem 22:36  |  I 02/02/08   31.   Palestine is Arab 22:46  |  Ali 02/02/08   32.   So called war of independence= Armed Robbery of Palestine 23:04  |  Sam (UK) 02/02/08   33.   A thug, Mark? On the contrary, he was kind and incorruptible 23:15  |  Ben Alofs 02/02/08   34.   Well, why not? 23:24  |  Murray 02/02/08   35.   George Habash should have been buried in pigskin! 23:26  |  redmike 02/02/08   36.   Habash - bad memories 23:34  |  rick 02/02/08   37.   why allow the remains of the crook Robert Maxwell in Palestine 23:38  |  Sam (UK) 02/02/08   38.   F..K Habash 23:47  |  Danite 02/02/08   39.   sead #9 23:57  |  danny 02/02/08   40.   Habash 00:03  |  yuval 03/02/08   41.   Habash was a Christian 00:41  |  shahid 03/02/08   42.   9 Well said sead of Acco... 01:39  |  bat yam 03/02/08   43.   #1 Fifth Column 01:53  |  Darien Mitchell 03/02/08   44.   # 31 Sam (UK) , "So Called Jihad is Worlwide Armed Robbery " 01:57  |  Joseph . E 03/02/08   45.   To #9 01:57  |  Carl McHugh 03/02/08   46.   # 36 Sam (UK) 02:18  |  Joseph . E 03/02/08   47.   Buried in Lod? 02:41  |  Paul Danish 03/02/08   48.   Hey Sam 03:00  |  Brad 03/02/08   49.   sam from UK you obviously know no history or are a muslim who 03:25  |  ralph 03/02/08   50.   Ben Alofs 03:47  |  Benny 03/02/08   51.   To # 40 04:12  |  Sead 03/02/08   52.   Habash 04:50  |  NB 03/02/08   53.   TO GARRY #5 07:07  |  Steve Beikirch 04/02/08   54.   TO JENNIE #6 07:10  |  Steve Beikirch 04/02/08   55.   TO nobodysacred #10 07:16  |  Steve Beikirch 04/02/08   56.   Haaretz somehow missed to mention the Maalot massacre... 23:57  |  EHud 29/02/08

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