|
Bashir Barghuthi ((アラビア語:بشير البرغوثي), 1931-2000) was a Palestinian Communist leader and journalist. Barghouti was born in the village of Dayr Ghassana in the Ramallah Governorate. He earned a BA degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo in 1956. Living in exile in Jordan, the founded the central organ of the Jordanian Communist Party ''al-Jamahir'' (The Masses) and joined the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS). In 1957 the paper was closed by Jordanian authorities, and Barghouti was incarcerated the Al-Jaffar prison. When freed in 1965, he was refused a journalist license by the Jordanian government, but continued to write under an assumed name. After 1967 he opposed the right of king Hussein of Jordan to speak on behalf of Palestinians. In 1974 he returned to the West Bank via family reunification, and became a leading figure of the Jordanian Communist Party there. He founded the newspaper ''al-Fajr'' (Dawn), which he edited 1975-1977. In February 1977 there was a political rift between him and Fatah, and Barghouti left his editorship of ''al-Fajr''. In February 1978 he founded the newspaper ''al-Tali'a'' (The Vanguard) in Jerusalem. Barghouti was put in house arrest by the Israelis from August 1980-1982. In 1982 the JCP branches in the West Bank were converted into the Palestinian Communist Party. Barghouti became the General Secretary of PCP. In 1987, after PCP having joined the Palestine Liberation Organization, Barghouti was inducted into the PLO Executive Committee. Barghouti was an important figure during the First Intifada, and he formed the first popular committee. He was able to establish an agreement between Fatah and PFLP. He was a key figure during the Oslo peace process. In June 1996 he was appointed Minister of Industry in the first Palestinian National Authority government. In 1997 he suffered a severe stroke. He was then appointed Minister of State (a largely symbolic position). Barghouti died on September 9, 2000. ==Sources== *() *() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bashir Barghouti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|