Nabil Amr ( ar, نبيل عمرو 1947) is a former information minister (2003) in the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

, and previous ambassador in the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

and

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

. He was an outspoken critic of

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

, especially regarding his behavior at the 2000 Camp David Summit. In July 2004 he was shot in the legs through the window of his house in Ramallah by unknown gunmen.

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Christian Science MonitorArticle at Islamonline.net
Living people Fatah members Shooting survivors 1947 births Palestinian amputees Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to Egypt Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to Russia Palestinian expatriates in Syria {{Palestine-bio-stub