Hanna Siniora

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name = Hanna Siniora


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birth_date = 1937
birth_place = Jerusalem
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nationality = Palestinian
known_for = His support for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
education = Bsc Pharmacy in Benares, India
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occupation = Editor, Publisher, Activist
title = Knight of Malta
religion = Christian

Hanna Siniora is a Palestinian Christian who lives in East Jerusalem. He is the publisher of "The Jerusalem Times" and a co-Chief Executive Officer of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information.cite web|title='Hamas victory a blessing in disguise'|author=Eeta Prince-Gibson|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=26 January 2006|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1137605924104] He is also a member of the Palestine National Council and the chairperson of the Palestinian-American Chamber of Commerce.cite web|title=Hanna Siniora|publisher=Palestine-Israel Journal|accessdate=2008-03-25|url=http://www.pij.org/authors.php?id=137]

An early proponent of dialogue and negotiations with Israel, Siniora has a long history of involvement in pro-peace activities. For his lifetime commitment to working towards Palestinian-Israeli peace, he was awarded the Order of the Knights of Malta.cite web|url=http://www.ipcri.org/files/knights.html|title=Hanna Siniora Awarded a Peace Prize of Honor from the Order of the Knights of Malta|date=April 21 2007|accessdate=2008-03-25]

Education and work experience

Born in Jerusalem in 1937, Siniora completed his Bsc in pharmacy at a university in Benares, India in 1969, at which time he returned to the West Bank. In February 1974, he was asked to manage the Arabic language newspaper "Al Fajr" after its editor-in-chief, Yusuf Nasr, was kidnapped. He established an English language 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.cite journal|title=Hanna Siniora and Fayez Abu Rahmeh: The Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Delegation|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=Vol. 15, No. 1|date=Autumn, 1985|pages=pp. 3–18|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0377-919X(198523)15%3A1%3C3%3AHSAFAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R|accessdate=2008-03-25]

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DE1738F93BA25755C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 A Palestinian's Plan to Run Stirs Up Jerusalem (New York Times, 18 June 1987)]
* [http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/8f5445b5c3b8ab8a85256b9f0041ce58!OpenDocument Panelists Examine International Efforts to Contain Middle East Crisis, Resume Dialogue (United Nations, 17 April 2002)]
* [http://www.amin.org/look/amin/en.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=7&NrArticle=41748&NrIssue=1&NrSection=3 Re: Three wild "out-of-the-box" ideas (Arabic Media Internet Network, 8 August 2007)]

References

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NAME= Siniora, Hanna
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Editor, Publisher, Activist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH= Jerusalem
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