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'''Anwar al-Khatib''' (1917 - 1993) was a Palestinian politician based in Jerusalem.
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[[File:أنور الخطيب.jpg|thumb|1946 article]]
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'''Anwar al-Khatib''' ({{langx|ar|أنور الخطيب}}; 1917–1993) was a Palestinian politician based in Jerusalem.


==Career==
==Career==
Khatib was born in [[Hebron]], [[Palestine]], towards to end of the [[Ottoman Caliphate]]. He was from a prominent land-owning Hebron and East Jerusalemite family whose name "Khatib" stemmed from the deliverance of Islamic sermons by [[imam]]s during Friday prayer and [[Eid prayers]]. He would started off his political career as a lawyer at the Palestine Higher Islamic Council. He then headed a municipal executive committee between 1949 and 1950 when he was [[mayor of Jerusalem]], but was replaced to find someone more experienced in Palestinian tribal history. Due to Jordan not formally annexing the West Bank until April 24, 1950, Khatib inherited civil authorities of Palestine, but he subsequently served district commissioner of [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old Jerusalem]], carrying out administrative duties under the Jordanian government, after being appointed by [[Abdullah I of Jordan]]. After the 1967 Israeli invasion, he was banished to [[Safed]] on charges of "incitement to subversion" against Israel and were put under police surveillance with orders to report to the police three times a day. He refused to acknowledge the dismissal and found employment as director of the Arab Hotels Company and the Jerusalem Electric Company but attempted to reinstate his old office. In 1991 peace talks he was an advisor for a Palestinian delegation. Khatib initially preferred that Palestinians should act as mediators between [[Jordan]] and [[Israel]], but later suggested that Palestinians should represent themselves after finding that the Israeli negotiator [[Levi Eshkol]] would not respond to Palestinian-headed peace talks. He died of a heart-attack in East Jerusalem in 1993.<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-02-12/news/1993043068_1_kate-wilkinson-jerusalem-potato-chips</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/09/obituaries/anwar-al-khatib-palestinian-official-76.html</ref><ref>City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem - Page 123, Meron Benvenisti - 1998</ref><ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1993-02-12/news/mn-1269_1_east-jerusalem</ref><ref>http://www.jta.org/1967/08/02/archive/two-banished-jerusalem-arab-leaders-declare-readiness-to-cooperate-with-israel</ref><ref>Trapped Fools, Shlomo Gazit - 2004, p 195</ref>
Khatib was born in [[Hebron]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], towards the end of the [[Ottoman Caliphate]]. He was from a prominent land-owning Hebron and East Jerusalemite family whose name "Khatib" stemmed from the deliverance of Islamic sermons by [[imam]]s during Friday prayer and [[Eid prayers]]. He started his political career as a lawyer at the Palestine Higher Islamic Council. He then headed a municipal executive committee between 1949 and 1950, when he was [[mayor of Jerusalem|mayor]] of [[East Jerusalem]], but was replaced to find someone more experienced in Palestinian tribal history. Due to Jordan not formally annexing the West Bank until April 24, 1950, Khatib inherited civil authorities of Palestine, but he subsequently served district commissioner of [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old Jerusalem]], carrying out administrative duties under the Jordanian government, after being appointed by [[Abdullah I of Jordan]]. After the 1967 Israeli invasion, he was banished to [[Safed]] on charges of "incitement to subversion" against Israel and were put under police surveillance with orders to report to the police three times a day. He refused to acknowledge the dismissal and found employment as director of the Arab Hotels Company and the Jerusalem Electric Company but attempted to reinstate his old office. He died of a heart attack in East Jerusalem in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-02-12-1993043068-story.html|title=* Anwar al-Khatib, 76, a Palestinian who...|website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/09/obituaries/anwar-al-khatib-palestinian-official-76.html|title=Anwar al-Khatib, Palestinian Official, 76|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 February 1993}}</ref><ref>City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem - Page 123, Meron Benvenisti - 1998</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-12-mn-1269-story.html|title=Archives|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=12 February 1993 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/1967/08/02/archive/two-banished-jerusalem-arab-leaders-declare-readiness-to-cooperate-with-israel|title = Two Banished Jerusalem Arab Leaders Declare Readiness to Cooperate with Israel|date = 2 August 1967}}</ref><ref>Trapped Fools, [[Shlomo Gazit]] - 2004, p 195</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:26, 2 November 2024

For the Lebanese politician, see Anwar al-Khatib (Lebanon).
Anwar al-Khatib
Mayor of East Jerusalem
In office
1949–1950
District Commissioner of Old Jerusalem
In office
1950–1967
Personal details
Born1917
Hebron, Ottoman Empire
Died1993
East Jerusalem, Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
OccupationLawyer, politician
1946 article

Anwar al-Khatib (Arabic: أنور الخطيب; 1917–1993) was a Palestinian politician based in Jerusalem.

Career

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Khatib was born in Hebron, Palestine, towards the end of the Ottoman Caliphate. He was from a prominent land-owning Hebron and East Jerusalemite family whose name "Khatib" stemmed from the deliverance of Islamic sermons by imams during Friday prayer and Eid prayers. He started his political career as a lawyer at the Palestine Higher Islamic Council. He then headed a municipal executive committee between 1949 and 1950, when he was mayor of East Jerusalem, but was replaced to find someone more experienced in Palestinian tribal history. Due to Jordan not formally annexing the West Bank until April 24, 1950, Khatib inherited civil authorities of Palestine, but he subsequently served district commissioner of Old Jerusalem, carrying out administrative duties under the Jordanian government, after being appointed by Abdullah I of Jordan. After the 1967 Israeli invasion, he was banished to Safed on charges of "incitement to subversion" against Israel and were put under police surveillance with orders to report to the police three times a day. He refused to acknowledge the dismissal and found employment as director of the Arab Hotels Company and the Jerusalem Electric Company but attempted to reinstate his old office. He died of a heart attack in East Jerusalem in 1993.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "* Anwar al-Khatib, 76, a Palestinian who..." Baltimore Sun.
  2. ^ "Anwar al-Khatib, Palestinian Official, 76". The New York Times. 9 February 1993.
  3. ^ City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem - Page 123, Meron Benvenisti - 1998
  4. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 12 February 1993.
  5. ^ "Two Banished Jerusalem Arab Leaders Declare Readiness to Cooperate with Israel". 2 August 1967.
  6. ^ Trapped Fools, Shlomo Gazit - 2004, p 195
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