Qadoura Mousa
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Qadoura Mousa
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| office = Governor of Jenin Governorate
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2 May 2012
| predecessor = Zuhair Manasra
| successor = Talal Dweikat
| office2 = Director of Fatah movement for the northern West Bank
| term_start2 = May 2002
| term_end2 = 2 May 2012
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Jenin, West Bank
| death_date = 2 May 2012
| death_place = Jenin, West Bank
| nationality = Palestinian
| party = Fatah
| education =
| occupation = Politician
}}
Qadoura Mousa (Arabic: {{lang|ar|قدوره موسى}}), also written as Kadoura, was the governor of the Jenin Governorate of the Palestinian National Authority in the northern West Bank.
International profile
Qadoura Mousa was described as the director of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement for the northern West Bank in May 2002. He is credited with issuing the official death toll, 56 Palestinians, for the Battle of Jenin.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051933/http://www.papillonsartpalace.com/jenin.htm Jenin 'massacre' reduced to death toll of 56]}}, mirror of a Washington Times article at papillonartpalace, May 1, 2002. Verified 17 Aug 2008. Palestinian spokespeople outside the camp had earlier estimated the number as around 500 and official Israeli spokespeople with access to the camp announced it was between 150[http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2005/30-9/jenin30-9.html Bad Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912081142/http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2005/30-9/jenin30-9.html |date=September 12, 2007 }}, AIJAC Sept 2005. Verified 17 Aug 2008. and 250.[http://www.sabcnews.com/world/the_middle_east/0,2172,32177,00.html Jenin refugee camp emerges defeated] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124547/http://www.sabcnews.com/world/the_middle_east/0,2172,32177,00.html |date=2007-09-29 }} April 13, 2002. Verified 17 Aug 2008.
Death
Around 11.30 p.m.1 May 2012, unknown assailants opened fire on Mousa's home in Jenin, police spokesman Mujahid Rabiya said. The governor left his home with security chiefs to check-up on the security situation in the city, when he suffered the heart attack that killed him, presidential office chairman Hussein al-Araj told official PA news agency Wafa. He arrived at Jenin government hospital in the early hours of 2 May 2012 suffering heart pains, and died in intensive care, the hospital said. Thousands from different cities in the West Bank attended his funeral.[http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=481732 Jenin governor's death 'brought on by shooting'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113063257/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=481732 |date=2014-01-13 }} May 2, 2012. Verified 2 May 2012.
Notes
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121053208/http://www.carewbg.org/Media/Pclipings/pc16072008.asp Presentation About the Water Situation], given in Cairo, translated from Maan News 16 July 2008
- [http://www.carewbg.org/media/Pclipings/N07022007qu.asp Workshop in Jenin Regarding the Management of Water Sources]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, translated from Al-Quds Newspaper, 7 February 2007
- [http://www.carewbg.org/media/Pclipings/APM3.pdf Opening of a Rural Products Market]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, translated from Al-Ayyam Newspaper, 5 September 2005.
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