Profile: Palestinian leader Faisal Husseini dies at age 60

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: May 31, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

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Profile: Palestinian leader Faisal Husseini dies at age 60

Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:

One of the most prominent Palestinian leaders has died. Faisal Husseini, the top Palestinian official in Jerusalem, was 60. He passed away today in Kuwait, where he was attending a conference, apparently after a heart attack. Husseini campaigned for much of his life to make Arab East Jerusalem the capital of the Palestinian people, but he was also a moderate committed to working together with Israel to find a solution to the Jerusalem question. ...

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