Hamdi Quran is a member of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Marxist-Leninist, secular, nationalist Palestinian political and paramilitary organization, founded in 1967...
. He grew to prominence when he assassinated Rehavam Ze'evi, the
Tourism Minister of IsraelThe Tourism Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet...
. Quran was imprisoned by the
Palestinian National AuthorityThe Palestinian National Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip....
in a
JerichoJericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Palestinians. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest...
prison guarded by American and European guards. In 2006, Israeli Defense Forces besieged the prison and took Quran to
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i custody. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Hamdi Quran is a member of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Marxist-Leninist, secular, nationalist Palestinian political and paramilitary organization, founded in 1967...
. He grew to prominence when he assassinated Rehavam Ze'evi, the
Tourism Minister of IsraelThe Tourism Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet...
. Quran was imprisoned by the
Palestinian National AuthorityThe Palestinian National Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip....
in a
JerichoJericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Palestinians. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest...
prison guarded by American and European guards. In 2006, Israeli Defense Forces besieged the prison and took Quran to
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i custody. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.