Hisham Jaber
Major General Hisham Jaber | |
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| هشام جابر | |
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| Born | September 13, 1942 Nabatieh, Lebanon |
| Relatives | Ahmad Rida (great-grandfather) Muhammad Jaber Al Safa (grandfather) Major General |
General Hisham M. Jaber Āl Safa (born September 13, 1942) (
Early life and education
Jaber was born in
Mahmoud-Moufid Jaber Āl Safa, his father, was a distinguished jurist and anticolonial activist. He was the son of the historian
After graduating from the
Jaber then obtained a DEA (
Military career
- 1982 – He was head of the Liaison Office between the American forces (as part of the Multinational Force) and the Lebanese army during the Lebanese Civil War.[3][4]
- 1986 – He was Commander of the High Center for Military Sport.
- 1991 – He became Lebanon's military attaché at the Lebanese Embassy in Paris.
- 1993 – He taught terrorism, guerrilla warfare and unconventional warfare at the Command and Staff College in the Lebanese Army.
- 1996 – He was Commander of the Lebanese Army Teaching Institute.
- 1997 – In his last term in the military corps, Jaber became military governor of Beirut.
- 2000 – The general retired and founded Help&Data, a public relations, lobbying and business intelligence firm based in Beirut, for he maintains excellent relationships with heads of states in West Arabcountries.
Political career
Jaber is considered a strong supporter of resistance against Israel, and a critic of the ruling sectarian political class. He is also a leading critic of the Israeli–Lebanese maritime border deal, which was mediated by Israeli-American envoy Amos Hochstein and resulted in Lebanon relinquishing its claims to parts of the Karish gas field. The deal established line 23 as its maritime border, rather than line 29.
During the 2018 Lebanese general election, Jaber, who supports Hezbollah's withdrawal from local politics and criticizes its alliance with the notoriously corrupt Amal Movement, ran as an independent candidate against the Amal/Hezbollah list in the South III electoral district. He headed the Al-Janūb Yastahiqq ("The South Deserves It") list, which placed second in terms of overall votes in the district.
In June 2021, following months of political deadlock over the Lebanese cabinet makeup, Jaber was suggested, as part of a French mediation effort, for the post of
Jaber is regularly hosted and cited as a military and Middle East politics expert by such outlets as the
, and others.References
- ^ Jāber Safa, Alī Amīn (2022). Āl Jāber Safā, Tārīkh wa Nasab
- ^ "Le général Jaber obtient un doctorat à la Sorbonne". L'Orient-Le Jour.
- ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (25 October 1983). "Marines Seemingly Did Little to Deter A Car-Bomb Attack". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Marine Tragedy; Security: As Threats Grew, Defenses Were Improvised". The New York Times. 11 December 1983.
- ^ 27/06/2021 - هل يصطدم مرةً جديدة باللاءات اللبنانيّة (in Arabic)
External links
- Hisham Jaber Curriculum Vitae at Help and Data (H&D), the Middle-East Center for Studies and Public Relations
- "A decisive peace or continued uncertainty?" August 17, 2006 CNN Your World Today interview with Jaber, Isaac Herzog and David Gergen
- "Bomb under road may have killed Hariri" February 19, 2005 Associated Press article citing Jaber, hosted by MSNBC
- "Lebanon's Army" on YouTube May 11, 2008 Al Jazeera EnglishInside Story interview with Jaber
- "Help & Data aims to provide its customers with just that"