Aziz Dweik
Aziz Dweik | |
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عزيز دويك | |
President of the Palestinian National Authority | |
Assumed office 19 October 2016 (disputed with Mahmoud Abbas) | |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
In office 15 January 2009[1][2] – 2 June 2014 (disputed with Mahmoud Abbas) | |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Abbas |
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 29 March 2006 | |
Preceded by | Rawhi Fattouh |
Personal details | |
Born | Hebron, West Bank, Mandatory Palestine | 12 January 1947
Political party | Hamas |
Alma mater | An-Najah National University University of Pennsylvania |
Aziz Dweik (
Hamas recognized Dweik as the interim President of the Palestinian National Authority and of the State of Palestine from 15 January 2009, when the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas officially expired, until 2 June 2014, when Hamas and Fatah agreed on the establishment of a national unity government under Abbas as President.[2][3]
In October 2023, amidst the
Education and family life
Prior to becoming involved in political office, Dweik was a professor of urban geography at An-Najah National University in Nablus on the West Bank.[5] He holds a PhD in Regional and Architecture Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Dweik is married, with seven children. One of his daughters is a school principal, and three of his other children are students of medicine or pharmacy. Dweik's wife runs a daycare centre out of the family's house named Marj al-Zohour, after the place in Lebanon where her husband spent a year in exile in 1992.[2]
Political views
Politics of the Gaza Strip |
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Dweik has told journalists that he views the Hamas Charter's call for the creation of a Palestinian state in all of
Political career
Duweik has been associated with
Exile to Lebanon
In 1992, Dweik was among 415 Palestinians associated with Hamas or the
2006 elections
Duweik ran for a position in the
In an April 2006 interview with Ynet, the Israeli media outlet, Duweik responded to a question regarding Israel's announcement of a plan to collapse the new government using economic and other means as follows:
"I say that the occupier has, according to treaties, obligations to the occupied. I also say that the money the Israelis say they don't want to transfer [$55 million in tax revenues[7]] is not Israeli money, it is Palestinian money that Israel collects from the Palestinians, and which it is obligated to give to the Authority. If Israel preserves this stance, then the law will have to decide between us over this issue. This plan is another Israeli attempt to harm the democratic process and its outcomes, a process that was free, transparent, and which took place before the whole world's eyes. This is an attempt to harm us, but we are lions, not ants. It's not easy to harm us."[8]
2006 arrest
Dweik was arrested by
2009 release
Israel released Dweik two months before the end of his three-year sentence. Released from Hadarim prison near Tel Aviv, he was then transferred to an Israeli military checkpoint outside the city of Tulkarm. He stated, "Any person deprived of his freedom feels an enormous hardship." Dweik's release came after a military tribunal near Ramallah which rejected an application by prosecutors to keep him detained, presumably because of his bad health.[11]
2012 arrest and release
On 19 January 2012, while traveling to Hebron, Dweik was arrested by the Israeli Army at a checkpoint outside the Palestinian village of Jaba' located between Ramallah and Jerusalem. According to witnesses, he was blindfolded, handcuffed and taken to an unknown location. Israel stated his detainment was due to "involvement in terrorist attacks." The BBC's Jerusalem correspondent Wyre Davies said Dweik's arrest will be seen by "many" as "further proof that Israel is pursuing a policy of restricting the movements of senior Palestinian figures."[12] Hamas claimed that Israel made the arrest in order to hinder unity negotiations between their organization and rival Fatah.[13] Duweik was placed under six months' Administrative detention without trial or charge.
On 20 July, Dweik was released by the Israeli authorities and received by fellow lawmakers at the
2014 arrest
Dweik was arrested by the Israelis again in 16 June 2014, following the
Since 2015
Hamas recognized Dweik as the interim President of the Palestinian National Authority and of the State of Palestine from 15 January 2009, when the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas officially expired, until 2 June 2014, when Hamas and Fatah agreed on the establishment of a national unity government under Abbas as President.[2][3]
In October 2023, amidst the
See also
References
- ^ Abu Toameh, Khaled (25 June 2009). "Dweik is real Palestinian president". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Patrick Martin (18 July 2009). "Fancy that, a moderate in Hamas". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Hamas Says Dweik "Real President" until Elections are Held". Al-Manar. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Parliament Speaker Dweik among several lawmakers arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-60980-382-7.
- ^ Suicide bombings were only adopted as a tactic by the armed wing beginning in 1994 and were officially foresworn by 2005.[1] Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Greg Myre (29 March 2006). "Hamas Cabinet Is Sworn In, Widening Break With the Israelis". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Waked, Ali (16 February 2006). "'Our model is Muhammad': Hamas candidate for PA parliament speaks to Ynet about his views of the future". Ynetnews. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Hamas speaker charged in Israel". BBC News. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- ^ "The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly president, Rene van der Linden, slammed yesterday Israel's arrest of the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, Aziz Dweik, and called for his immediate release. 'All legitimately elected parliamentarians enjoy parliamentary immunity unless and until they are divested of it by their own parliaments,' van den Linden said." Support up for Hamas vow to destroy Israel
- ^ Hamas parliament Speaker released BBC News. BBC MMVI, 2009-06-23. Retrieved on 2009-06-23.
- ^ Israel arrests senior Palestinian Aziz Dweik BBC News. 2012-01-19. Accessed on 2012-01-19.
- ^ Israel arrests Palestinian parliament speaker Al Jazeera English. 2012-01-19. Accessed on 2012-01-19.
- ^ Israel frees Palestinian parliament speaker. Ma'an News Agency. 2012-07-20.
- ^ Egypt's Mursi calls Dweik after release from Israeli jail. Ma'an news Agency. 2012-07-21.
- ^ "Hamas parliament speaker released from prison". 9 June 2015.