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Jerusalem-Born Activists: Jibril and Glubb's Legacy Lives On

2/12/2026

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Bashir Jibril, a Chadian chemist born in Jerusalem, joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after the 1967 war and died in Athens in 1978.
Faris Glubb, an activist born in Jerusalem and son of a British general, worked with Fatah, then the PFLP and PLF, and died in a mysterious car accident in Kuwait on April 3, 2004.
Both were Jerusalem-born and committed to the Palestinian cause.

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Story summary

Bashir Jibril, a Chadian chemist born in Jerusalem, joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after the 1967 war and died in Athens in 1978.
Faris Glubb, an activist born in Jerusalem and son of a British general, worked with Fatah, then the PFLP and PLF, and died in a mysterious car accident in Kuwait on April 3, 2004.
Both were Jerusalem-born and committed to the Palestinian cause.