Summary
The Palestinian East Jerusalemite leader who established the Orient House (the Arab Studies Society) in the early 1970s and under whose leadership it became the Palestinian political center of East Jerusalem; he died suddenly in a hotel in Kuwait in 2001 (Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, PDF p.108, p.116-117).
Details
- Husseini and other East Jerusalem notables were the main spokespersons representing Palestinian demands and affirming the centrality of East Jerusalem as capital of a future Palestinian state, garnering funds from the European Union, the Gulf and local Palestinians (PDF p.117).
- He played a key role in the Madrid peace negotiations of 1991-1993, and during and after the First Intifada worked with the Israeli peace camp on a formula for sharing Jerusalem as a capital of two states (PDF p.117).
- His death in 2001 and the closing of the Orient House signaled, in Assali’s account, Israel’s determination to destroy any Palestinian political and national claim to the city (PDF p.117).
Related pages
Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, Orient House, East Jerusalem, Hania Assali