Diana Buttu

Diana Buttu

Diana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and former spokesperson with the Palestine Liberation Organization. She is best known for her work as a legal adviser and negotiator on peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian organizations. President George W. Bush referred her role in 2005 by stating that she is "a lovely lady who is a very well-educated person, went back to Palestine to try to serve what she hopes will be a country. I was impressed".[1]

Buttu was born in Canada to Palestinian parents.[2] She received a B.A. in Middle East and Islamic Studies and an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, a J.D. from Queen's University Faculty of Law, a J.S.M. from Stanford Law School, and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.[3]

She began her work as negotiator in 2000, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Palestinian Intifada, as a spokesperson for the Negotiations Support Unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.[4][5][6] The Economist in 2005 termed her part of the closest thing to a Palestinian makeover.[7] Al-Ahram Weekly carried an op-ed piece in 2005 in which she was lauded for projecting an image that was opposite of the Palestinians stock villain's role image.[8]

Given her public role in promoting the Palestinian cause, she has appeared numerous times in the American news media from TV networks such as Fox News, CNN,[9] and MSNBC to newspapers such as USA Today[10] and other outlets.

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References

  1. ^ Critical Biography from CAMERA.
  2. ^ Unity - Google Books. Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=r-cEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Diana+Buttu%22&dq=%22Diana+Buttu%22&hl=en&ei=yAgLTOQ8goHyBofw0J0J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Diana Buttu". Belfer Center for Sicence and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/2316/diana_buttu.html. Retrieved March 8, 2011. 
  4. ^ Williamson, Lucy (July 15, 2005). "Middle East | Hopes and fears as Gaza awaits pullout". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4686563.stm. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  5. ^ Al majdal - Google Books. Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=hcUUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Diana+Buttu%22&dq=%22Diana+Buttu%22&hl=en&ei=yAgLTOQ8goHyBofw0J0J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=16&ved=0CGwQ6AEwDw. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  6. ^ The Middle East, abstracts and index - Google Books. Books.google.com. August 26, 2008. http://books.google.com/books?id=JZNtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Diana+Buttu%22&dq=%22Diana+Buttu%22&hl=en&ei=yAgLTOQ8goHyBofw0J0J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=13&ved=0CGAQ6AEwDA. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  7. ^ The economist - Google Books. Books.google.com. October 11, 2008. http://books.google.com/books?id=szTHAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Diana+Buttu%22&dq=%22Diana+Buttu%22&hl=en&ei=yAgLTOQ8goHyBofw0J0J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCw. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Al-Ahram Weekly | Focus | In praise of Al-Nakba". Weekly.ahram.org.eg. September 28, 2005. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/761/focus.htm. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  9. ^ Farhi, Paul (August 18, 2005). "In Gaza, a New Generation's Anguish". washingtonpost.com. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081800055.html. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 
  10. ^ Wolf, Richard (December 29, 2008). "Amid Gaza violence, a new task for Obama". Usatoday.Com. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-27-israel-palestine_N.htm. Retrieved June 6, 2010. 

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