Hanna Siniora (born 6 November 1937) is a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
Christian who lives in
East Jerusalem. He is the publisher of ''
The Jerusalem Times'' and a co-
Chief Executive Officer
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of the
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information.
He is also a member of the
Palestine National Council
The Palestinian National Council (PNC) ( ar, المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني, "'Almajlis Alwataniu Alfilastiniu"') is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and elects the PLO Executive Committee, which ...
and the chairperson of the
Palestinian-American
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Chamber of Commerce.
An early proponent of dialogue and negotiations with
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, Siniora has a long history of involvement in pro-
peace
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activities.
[ For his lifetime commitment to working towards Palestinian-Israeli peace, he was awarded the Order of the Knights of Malta.]
Education and work experience
Born in Jerusalem in 1937, Siniora completed his Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
in pharmacy at a university in Benares
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, India
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in 1969, at which time he returned to the West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. In February 1974, he was asked to manage the Arabic language
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newspaper ''Al Fajr'' after its editor-in-chief, Yusuf Nasr, was kidnapped. He established an English language
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version of ''Al Fajr'' in 1980 and served as its editor, and was later granted the position of editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language version in 1983.
See also
* Palestinian Christians
References
External links
A Palestinian's Plan to Run Stirs Up Jerusalem (New York Times, 18 June 1987)Panelists Examine International Efforts to Contain Middle East Crisis, Resume Dialogue (United Nations, 17 April 2002)Re: Three wild "out-of-the-box" ideas (Arabic Media Internet Network, 8 August 2007)
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Palestinian activists
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
People from Jerusalem
1937 births
Living people