Fahd Qawasmi (1934–1984) was a Palestinian agricultural engineer and a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
[1] Qawasmi was expelled by the Israeli government from Palestine due to the killing of six yeshiva students during the conflict between the settlers and the Palestinians in Beit Hadassah, Hebron, in 1980.
[4] He allowed the Jewish settlers to organize a Passover Seder at the hotel in 1968 marking their return to the West Bank.
[4][6] Qawasmi met with the members of the Israeli peace movement and the Labor Party at his home during his mayorship.
[8] Following the permission of the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin the Jewish settler families moved to the Beit Hadassah enclave in Hebron.
[6] Rajab Al Tamimi, the judge of the Islamic court in Hebron, and Mohammed Hassan Milhim, mayor of Halhul, were also deported from the region during the same period.
[8] However, after the formation of the Labor-Likud government in September 1984, his hope for returning to the city disappeared, and he became a member of the executive committee of the PLO in November 1984.
[4][12] The Black September Organization claimed responsibility after the incident, and Yasser Arafat argued that he was killed by the Syrians.
[14] A PLO investigation concluded that he was assassinated by Abu Khaled Al Amleh, a Fatah dissident.