General Union of Palestinian Students

The General Union of Palestine Students (Arabic: الإتحاد العام لطلبة فلسطين‎) (GUPS) is an organization run by Palestinian students since the early 1920s. It is generally considered one of the first Palestinian institutions started. It was officially launched in Cairo in 1959.^[1]

Several Palestinian politicians, writers, journalists and militants have been members or leaders of the GUPS. They include Yasser Arafat, Hanan Ashrawi, Faisal Husseini, Walid Khalidi and many others.

The organization is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.

Following the Oslo Accords, the majority of GUPS chapters collapsed. Prior to the signing of the Accords, there were 60 GUPS chapters on US campuses. Today, only the San Francisco State University chapter remains operational in the US.^[2] Several GUPS chapters remain operational outside of the US, including in Chile and the United Kingdom.

Bombing at Patra, Greece[]

In 1991, a Palestinian member of the Union of Palestinian Students in Patra (Greece), was responsible for a bombing which killed seven people (six Greeks and the bomber), injured eight and destroying large parts of a six-story office building at Patra. According to the police the bomb he was carrying exploded prematurely. The bomber was a 26 years old student of the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras with Jordanian passport.^[3] Greek authorities believed that the target was the British consulate at the city which was nearby. Later, six more Palestinian students arrested in Greece in connection with the attack. After searching, the authorities found AK-47 assault riffles, remote controlled detonators and explosives at their apartments.^[4]

References[]

^ "GUPS at San Francisco State University". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
^ Mogannam, Jennifer (March 2008). "Identity and Expression: The Palestinian Struggle in San Francisco". This Week in Palestine. 119: 52–53.
^ "Palestinian bomb blast kills seven". The Australian Jewish News. 57 (32). Victoria, Australia. 3 May 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 8 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Terrorist Bomb Meant For British Consulate". The Prescott Courier. Associated Press. 28 April 1991. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

Abdulhaq, Raja (1 December 2008). "Rebuilding a General Union of Palestinian Students". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 28 August 2010.

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[1] "GUPS at San Francisco State University". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

[2] Mogannam, Jennifer (March 2008). "Identity and Expression: The Palestinian Struggle in San Francisco". This Week in Palestine. 119: 52–53.

[3] "Palestinian bomb blast kills seven". The Australian Jewish News. 57 (32). Victoria, Australia. 3 May 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 8 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Terrorist Bomb Meant For British Consulate". The Prescott Courier. Associated Press. 28 April 1991. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

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