Saleh Ra'fat | |
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صـــالـــح رأفــــت | |
 Ra'fat in 2017 | |
| Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Arraba, Mandatory Palestine |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
Saleh Ra'fat (born 1945) is a member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation [1] and a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. [2]
Ra'fat was born in Arraba, Mandatory Palestine, in 1945. [2] He became a member of the Arab Nationalist Movement and headed its Jenin organization. [2]
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