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Terrorist Abu Mustafa
Abu Mustafa, also known as Mustafa Zibri, was one of the leaders of the terrorist group "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine" (PFLP). He was a staunch advocate of "jihad until victory" and the "complete destruction of the Zionist state". Born in the village of Arrabe in 1938, his family moved to Jordan in 1950. As a young man, he was drawn to the radical-left views of PFLP leader George Habash, a Greek Orthodox Christian, and became his right-hand man in 1969. Mustafa actively participated in various terrorist actions carried out by the PFLP in the 1970s and went into hiding for a period of time. In September 1999, he returned to the Palestinian Authority territory in the West Bank with the personal permission of then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, promising to never engage in terrorist activities again. However, he failed to keep this promise and in 2000, he stated in an interview with Reuters that a peaceful agreement with Israel could only be seen as the first step towards the destruction of the Israeli state. According to sources in the Israeli Defense Forces, Zibri had no intention of abandoning his goals and continued to participate in the organization and execution of attacks against Israeli citizens.
Biography of Abu Mustafa
Abu Mustafa, also known as Mustafa Zibri, was born in 1938 in the village of Arrabe. In 1950, his family relocated to Jordan. He was deeply influenced by the radical-left ideologies of George Habash, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who was a Greek Orthodox Christian. Mustafa became Habash's right-hand man in 1969 and actively participated in numerous terrorist attacks carried out by the PFLP in the 1970s.
Due to his involvement in these activities, Mustafa had to go into hiding for a period of time. However, in September 1999, he was granted permission by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to return to the Palestinian Authority territory in the West Bank. During his return, Mustafa promised to refrain from engaging in any further terrorist activities. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his promise and, in 2000, he stated in an interview with Reuters that a peaceful agreement with Israel would only be considered as the first step towards the complete destruction of the Israeli state.
Following the beginning of the current intifada, Mustafa focused on consolidating militant organizations in the West Bank and provided guidance to their commanders, actively participating in the organization of terrorist attacks. Some of the most well-known attacks involving Mustafa's groups include the car bombing in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on February 8, 2001, the car bombing in the Beit Israel suburb of Jerusalem on February 21, 2001, and the car bombing in Or Yehuda in April of the same year.
Mustafa's groups were also responsible for the car bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa in May and June respectively, as well as the car bombing in the settlement of Yehuda in July, which left four Israelis injured. These same groups were behind the bombings in Mevaseret Zion and the Atarot industrial zone in Jerusalem in June of that year. It is also known that it was Mustafa's militants who organized the bombing at the Jerusalem market by placing a bomb inside a watermelon.
