January 3, 2015 marks the fourth anniversary of the passing of Comrade Ahmed Hussein (Abu Maher) Al-Yamani, national leader, freedom fighter, educator, and co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Abu Maher was born in Suhmata, near Akka, on September 24, 1924.
Comrade Ahmad Hussein (Abu Maher) al-Yamani is a historical leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestinian revolution and the Palestinian people. Renowned for his humbleness, clarity, dedication, political vision and love for his people, Abu Maher al-Yamani’s path of resistance, steadfastness and commitment to liberation remains a beacon today. Click here to read his 1974 statement withdrawing from the Executive Committee of the PLO, on behalf of the PFLP.
He left his village with his father for the first time at the age of six, and was surprised to encounter the execution of three Palestinian martyrs by British colonial authorities on that day, June 17, 1930 – Fouad Hijazi, Mohammed Jamjoum and Atta al-Zeer. The awarenes of the child Ahmed al-Yamani was awakened, viewing the executions and the bodies of the martyrs in the gallows of the courtyard of Akka central prison; this incident greatly affected him and remained an image in his mind that could not be forgotten.
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