Draft:Jamal Nusseibeh

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  • Comment: Written with large amounts of puffery in its current form. "Considered a source of innovative ideas" is one example of a highly biased statement present in the article, there are a few others as well, father being "considered Palestine's most prominent intellectual", etc. Utopes (talk / cont) 04:42, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Dr. Jamal Sari Nusseibeh is a Palestinian-American-British thought leader best known for his political scholarship and commentary regarding a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and the future of Palestinian leadership. Formerly Vice President of Al-Quds University,[1] he has published in This Week in Palestine,[2] al-Quds, Time Magazine, the Atlantic Council, and other venues, and is a Senior Visiting Scholar at the Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Policy Council.

Professional Life & Ideas[edit]

Nusseibeh has been quoted and interviewed frequently, especially in Arabic press,[3][4] and also in political bodies such as the British House of Lords.[5] He has presented on Palestinian issues at the United Nations and the U.S. Congress,[6] and is considered by some to be a source of innovative ideas on Palestinian governance.[7][8][9]

Among other positions and proposals with which he is credited, he declared the Oslo Accords dead, killed by Israel's 2023-2024 offensive against Gaza and actions in the occupied West Bank.[10] He also proposed and advocated for a U.S.-led, international, time-limited peacekeeping force to be deployed in all Palestinian territories to force a ceasefire in the 2023-2024 Israeli war on Gaza, to address humanitarian imperatives, to protect Palestinians from Israel and Israelis from Hamas, and to lay the groundwork for elections that will allow for a stable peace.[11][3]

Dr. Nusseibeh is a barrister-at-law in the U.K., and was professor at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem for a number of years.[12][13] In addition to his political work for Palestinian causes, he is currently CEO of an investment firm.[14]

Family[edit]

He is the son of Professor Sari Nusseibeh, often referred to as Palestine's most prominent intellectual and declared the 24th most influential intellectual in the world on the list of Top 100 Public Intellectuals by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (United States). His mother, Lucy Nusseibeh, is the founder and chairperson of the Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND) organization in East Jerusalem.[15] Nusseibeh is a member of the historically important Nuseibeh (also spelled Nusaybeh) family, the oldest Muslim dynasty in Jerusalem.[16]

Education[edit]

Nusseibeh has an undergraduate degree in international relations and law in from Sciences Po in Paris, a law degree from City University in London, and a LL.M. and PhD (JSD) from Columbia University in New York.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "اقتحام مكتب شبكة هنا القدس التابع لجامعة القدس - محليات". الشمس (in Arabic). 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  2. ^ "Jamal Nusseibeh – This Week in Palestine". Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  3. ^ a b Al-Baz, Muhammad (January 6, 2024). "Time: America is capable of ending the Gaza war and bringing peace to the Middle East". Al-Dostor Newspaper.
  4. ^ "PIJ.ORG: 'Your Parents Built Their Country, and Our Parents Lost Their Country'". PIJ.ORG. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  5. ^ "Holocaust Memorial Day - Motion to Take Note". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  6. ^ Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestinian Community Leaders Urge UN and UNESCO to Oppose Israeli Construction of “Museum of Tolerance”, July 21, 2011
  7. ^ د. جمال نسيبة يتحدث ل هنا القدس حول كلية الموسيقى, retrieved 2024-01-18
  8. ^ التحرير, فريق (2019-12-03). "موجز عن أعمال الورشة النقاشية الثالثة لـ "ملتقى فلسطين" إعادة بناء البيت الفلسطيني ـ منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية - الملتقى الفلسطيني". Palestinian Forum. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  9. ^ admin (2021-06-16). "نداء إلى الشعب الفلسطيني نحو انتخاب مجلس وطني لإعادة بناء منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية". الملتقى الفلسطيني (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  10. ^ Nusseibeh, Jamal (December 14, 2023). "Oslo Is Dead, Now What?". Al-Quds newspaper.
  11. ^ "Only U.S.-Led Intervention Can Bring Peace to the Middle East". TIME. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  12. ^ "Jamal Nusseibeh". Center for Palestine Studies | Columbia University. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  13. ^ admin3030 (2014-01-14). "Dr. Jamal Nusseibeh". Network 20/20. Retrieved 2024-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Nusseibeh, Jamal (2024-01-06). "Jamal Nusseibeh". Time. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  15. ^ "Lucy Nusseibeh". gppac.net. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  16. ^ "The Nuseibeh Family". The Nuseibeh Family. May 12, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.