He returned to Jerusalem just before the 1967 war ( technically abandoning his post ) and continued to live there under occupation . In 1970 , he fell out with the PLO because he thought their war with the Jordanian authorities was ill-conceived and dishonorable ( since they were effectively ' guests ' in Jordan ) . In 1974 he moved further from the Palestinian nationalist cause when he opposed the Rabat Conference for two reasons . First , he believed that King Hussein and President Nasser had a moral duty to the Palestinians to restore the 1967 borders , because it was lost ' on their watch ' . Secondly , he believed that making the PLO the ' sole representative of the Palestinian people ' was merely a precursor to their accepting the legality of the State of Israel , which he never did . That is why he was adamant that the first step was always UN resolution 242 , then a discussion of democratic principles as the only moral solution to the problem . He always held the view that his implacable refusal to accept the legality of the State of Israel did not preclude conversation with a people he viewed as fellow Arabs with a different religion , and so became one of the first Palestinians involved in contacts with Israel after it captured the Arab sector of the city . His final act of public service was taking on the post of Chairman of the East Jerusalem Electric company , which had become the center for a tug of war over the legality of Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem . It is notable that at the death of this essentially patrician Arab , his large funeral was led by the socialist labour unions
Rabat Conference
1974 Arab League summit
Anwar Nusseibeh