Roger Coudroy
Roger Coudroy (1935–1968), nicknamed Salah by the Palestinians, was a European revolutionary nationalist militant member of Jeune Europe and Fatah, engaged in armed struggle in Palestine. He was killed by the Israeli army during an armed clash.
Roger Coudroy | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Salah |
| Born | 1935 Belgium |
| Died | June 3 1968 Palestine |
| Allegiance |  Palestine |
| Service/ | Fatah |
| Years of service | 1968 |
| Battles/wars | Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
Biography
Born in Belgium in 1935, he studied engineering and worked in France before moving to the Middle East to practice his profession.
As an anti-zionist extremist, Coudroy would eventually engage in Fatah (the Palestinian National Liberation Movement) and take the lead of a brigade. He wrote a book there: J'ai vécu la résistance palestinienne (I lived the Palestinian resistance) shortly before his death.[1]
It is claimed Coudroy was shot by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on 3 June 1968 and became the first European to die on the front against the state of Israel.[2] However media sources at the time say that he died in a firearm-related accident at a Fatah training camp.[3]
Bibliography
- J'ai vécu la résistance palestinienne, Roger Coudroy, 1968
Sources
- Francis Balace et al., De l'avant à l'après-guerre : l'extrême droite en Belgique francophone, Brussels, De Boeck-Wesmael, 1994.
References
- "Ritratti. Roger Coudroy, il nazionalista europeo eroe (dimenticato) della Palestina | Barbadillo". 3 June 2018.
- Sauveur, Yannick. "Roger Coudroy présent !". Le blanc et le noir.
- Othen, Christopher (24 June 2018). ""Who Was Roger Coudroy?"".