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A report authored by Larry Rubin, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs was cited in the Times of Israel “Founder of Israel's Islamic Movement dies at 69.”
Excerpt:
According to a Brookings report on the Islamist Movement, Darwish was originally a communist activist before studying Islam in Nablus from 1968 to 1971.
For the full report, read here.