Taysir Khalid

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Taysir Khalid (Tayseer Khaled) is a member and Politburo member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), who was a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization until 1993, when he resigned in protest against the Oslo Accords.[1] He was the party's candidate for President of the Palestinian Authority in 2005. He gained 3.4% of the vote.[2] Early Life Tayseer Khaled was born on January 19, 1941, in a small village named Qaryout near Ramallah in Palestine. His father Ahmad, was a Palestinian peasant who had 4 sons, Abbas, Jameel, Ahmad, and Tayseer. And he had 3 daughters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who lives now in Amman/Al-Zarqa.


Early Life

Tayseer Khaled was born on January 19, 1941, in a small village named Qaryout near Ramallah in Palestine. His father Ahmad, was a Palestinian peasant who had 4 sons, Abbas, Jameel, Ahmad, and Tayseer. And he had 3 daughters, Yosra, Myassar, and Nawal, who lives now in Amman/Al-Zarqa.

    References

    1. ↑ Rubin, Barry (2001). The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building. Harvard University Press. pp. 217, 251. ISBN 978-0-674-00717-8. 
    2. ↑ Banks, Arthur S.; Thomas C. Muller, William Overstreet (2008). Political Handbook of the World 2008. CQ Press. p. 1523. ISBN 978-0-87289-528-7. 


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