Abd Al Aziz Awda, also known as Sheik Odeh (born 20 December 1950) is a Palestinian and one of the founders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, also known as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is deemed by the United States to be an international terrorist organization.Awda was listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" under United States law on 23 January 1995.