Nayef Hawatmeh
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Nayef Hawatmeh (kunya Abu an-Nuf, b. 1935/37 in Salt, Jordan), is a Palestinian politician. His name can be transliterated from the Arabic in many ways; variants include Naif Hawatma, Niaf Hawathme, etc.
Hawatmeh hails from a Greek Orthodox Bedouin tribe. He is the Secretary-General of the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) since its formation in a 1969 split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), of which he was also a founder. He was active as a left-wing leader in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), which preceded the PFLP.
He presently resides in Syria, from which the DFLP receives some support.
In 2004 he was briefly active in a joint Palestinian-Israeli non-governmental attempt to start a coalition of Palestinian groups supporting a two-state solution, and called for a cessation of hostilities in the al-Aqsa Intifada.
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