He was one of a four-man PFLP team who, on 17 October 2001 assassinated Rehavam Ze'evi, the founder of the right-wing Moledet party, who mainly advocated for "population transfer".

[2] In 2002, Quran was sentenced by the Palestinian National Authority to 18 years for the crime and imprisoned in a Jericho prison under the supervision of British and American wardens under a deal worked out between US President, George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, in April 2002.

In early 2006, the newly elected Hamas government announced its intention to release Ze'evi's assassins.

[5] Quran features prominently in a PFLP song about the assassination Arabic: 17 أكتوبر زغرد كاتم الصوت, lit.

'"October 17"' and a short documentary video the party media office made about the assassination.