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Kamal Nasser b. Gaza , 1925 , to a Bir Zayt family. Educated at AUB, worked as a teacher while studying law in Jerusalem . In the period following Israeli Independence Nasser worked as a journalist. He was responsible for producing the al-Ba‘th newspaper from Ramallah and also set up al-Jil al-Jadid, a literary periodical. In 1956 he was elected as Ba‘th member for Ramallah district. He did not serve out his term as a result of his expulsion from Parliament during the subsequent martial law period.

Expelled from West Bank by Israel in 1967 he became editor of PLO newspaper, Filastin al-Thawra. In addition, at that time he became a member of PLO Executive Committee from February 1969 through July of 1971 serving as official the spokesman and the head of National Guidance.

Nasser was assassinated by Israeli Commando s during Operation Spring Of Youth , on the night of April 9 and early morning of April 10 , 1973 .