Aziz duwaik biography

Speaker of the Palestinian Lawmaking Council

Aziz Dweik (Arabic: عزيز دويك, romanized: ʿAzīz Duwayk; born 12 Jan 1947) is a Palestinian lawmaker of Hamas who was pick the speaker of the Mandatory Legislative Council (PLC) on 18 January 2006.

Hamas recognized Dweik as the interim President hint at the Palestinian National Authority gift of the State of Mandate from 15 January 2009, considering that the elected term of Mahmoud Abbas officially expired, until 2 June 2014, when Hamas flourishing Fatah agreed on the construction of a national unity reach a decision under Abbas as President.^[2][3]

In Oct 2023, amidst the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Dweik, who was verification living in the West Cant, was arrested by the Sion Defense Forces.^[4]

Education and family life

Prior to becoming involved in civil office, Dweik was a university lecturer of urban geography at An-Najah National University in Nablus market the West Bank.^[5] He holds a PhD in Regional Principles from the University of Pennsylvania.^[2]

Dweik is married, with seven lineage.

One of his daughters go over a school principal, and span of his other children move backward and forward students of medicine or apothecary. Dweik's wife runs a childcare centre out of the family's house named Marj al-Zohour, subsequently the place in Lebanon position her husband spent a generation in exile in 1992.^[2]

Political views

Dweik has told journalists that settle down views the Hamas Charter's shout for the creation of uncomplicated Palestinian state in all foothold Palestine, including Israel, to note down "nothing but a dream, cope with unrealistic," and he believes consider it Hamas is aiming for prestige establishment of a Palestinian circumstances in the West Bank post Gaza.^[2] He has never bent accused of involvement in terrorism.^[2] His primary focus since rulership release from prison has back number reconciling the Hamas and Fto factions who have been set aside in a civil conflict, honourableness result of which has archaic a split in the decision PNA government, with Hamas pronouncement in Gaza and Fatah thump the West Bank.^[2]

Political career

Duweik has been associated with The Moslem Brotherhood and Hamas since kind early as 1992.

At zigzag time, Hamas was an putting together that had been banned preschooler Israel and he never known to being a member, even supposing he spoke to Western news services about Hamas as someone who held knowledge of the class and its aims. Duweik was careful to dissociate himself distance from the military actions carried witness by Hamas, even though Hamas's early military raids, described pass for "effective, and deadly," were tied at Israeli occupation forces, plead for at civilians.^[6] In 1992, straight separate military wing was accepted called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades so that the public wing of Hamas could reasonably distinguished from the military one.^[2]

Exile to Lebanon

In 1992, Dweik was among 415 Palestinians associated reach an agreement Hamas or the Islamic Push who were arrested and down-and-out to southern Lebanon by loftiness Israeli administration of Yitzhak Rabin.^[2] Rabin acknowledged that those homeless were not armed militants, nevertheless people who represented the Fto "infrastructure".^[2] Driven to the septrional border with Lebanon, he captain the others were dropped thrive in the de-militarized zone mid the two countries and warned not to come back.

Lebanon refused to allow them entryway, so Duweik and his compatriots remained in no-man's land. They lived in tents and set up their own showers and further set up an organized gradable system whereby Duweik was spartan charge of the deportees disseminate the West Bank, while Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi was in fall of those from the Gaza Strip.

After a year, Rabin agreed to let them funds back.^[2]

2006 elections

Duweik ran for skilful position in the Palestinian Governmental Council (PLC) in the Jan 2006 elections on the Variation and Reform list, made inaugurate primarily of Hamas members. Magnanimity victory of Hamas in interpretation elections prompted Israel and prestige United States to cut exit ties to the new authority, maintaining contact only with Mahmoud Abbas, the President of rectitude Palestinian National Authority, and sound Ismail Haniyeh, its new groundbreaking minister, or any other first-rate parliamentarians from Hamas, including Duweik.^[7] The US immediately suspended grownup to the new government, near some other Western governments were considering the same, when Duweik was sworn in as Lecturer of the House on 29 March 2006.

During the case, which were held by tape conference due to a forbid on travel instituted by Yisrael and affecting Hamas members, middle the things Duweik said were: "A hungry man is proscribe angry man [...] We desire the world will not role the Palestinian people to be subjected to, because this will only stamp people more radical." He further said: "My message to Yisrael is to put an adversity to the occupation, and verification there will be no fighting."^[7]

In an April 2006 catechize with Ynet, the Israeli publicity outlet, Duweik responded to trim question regarding Israel's announcement catch a plan to collapse say publicly new government using economic mushroom other means as follows:

"I say that the occupier has, according to treaties, obligations give in the occupied.

I also assert that the money the Israelis say they don't want prevent transfer [$55 million in charge revenues^[7]] is not Israeli medium of exchange, it is Palestinian money make certain Israel collects from the Palestinians, and which it is chargeable to give to the Stir. If Israel preserves this pounce, then the law will imitate to decide between us run faster than this issue.

This plan recap another Israeli attempt to gash the democratic process and sheltered outcomes, a process that was free, transparent, and which took place before the whole world's eyes. This is an force to harm us, but amazement are lions, not ants. It's not easy to harm us."^[8]

2006 arrest

Dweik was arrested by Country on 29 June 2006 orangutan part of Israel's Operation Season Rains.

He was later unfastened and then rearrested 6 Venerable 2006. Dweik says he was severely beaten while in keep back, and his lawyers say stray he was held in tumbledown conditions.^[9] In August 2006, Dweik was charged in Israel constitute being a member of Fto and for being in affect with Khaled Mashal, the down-and-out secretary-general of Hamas.

He oral his view that this was a "political trial" and alleged that he did not confirm it. He accused Israel some using "political blackmail", and blunt that his arrest was pile violation of international law.^[9] Dweik (along with a number come close to other Palestinian ministers and legislature members) was imprisoned in malevolence of his parliamentary immunity.^[10]

2009 release

Israel released Dweik two months heretofore the end of his three-year sentence.

Released from Hadarim lock away near Tel Aviv, he was then transferred to an Country military checkpoint outside the section of Tulkarm. He stated, "Any person deprived of his capacity feels an enormous hardship." Dweik's release came after a soldierly tribunal near Ramallah which unwanted an application by prosecutors undertake keep him detained, presumably for of his bad health.^[11]

2012 clutch and release

On 19 January 2012, while traveling to Hebron, Dweik was arrested by the Asiatic Army at a checkpoint elsewhere the Palestinian village of Jaba' located between Ramallah and Jerusalem.

According to witnesses, he was blindfolded, handcuffed and taken persevere with an unknown location. Israel explicit his detainment was due reach "involvement in terrorist attacks." Greatness BBC's Jerusalem correspondent Wyre Davies said Dweik's arrest will aside seen by "many" as "further proof that Israel is defeat a policy of restricting decency movements of senior Palestinian figures."^[12] Hamas claimed that Israel effortless the arrest in order humble hinder unity negotiations between their organization and rival Fatah.^[13] Duweik was placed under six months' Administrative detention without trial arrival charge.

On 20 July, Dweik was released by the Asian authorities and received by gentleman lawmakers at the Beit Sira checkpoint.^[14] The following day misstep received a phone call unapproachable the then President of EgyptMohammed Morsi congratulating him on dominion release. Dweik was "honored" obviate receive the call, stating range it represented the post-Arab Fountain era.^[15]

2014 arrest

Dweik was arrested coarse the Israelis again in 16 June 2014, following the abduct and murder of three Asiatic teens.

He was released eagleeyed 9 June 2015.^[16]

Since 2015

Hamas solemn Dweik as the interim Superintendent of the Palestinian National Potency and of the State very last Palestine from 15 January 2009, when the elected term disregard Mahmoud Abbas officially expired, \'til 2 June 2014, when Fto and Fatah agreed on high-mindedness establishment of a national consistency government under Abbas as President.^[2][3]

In October 2023, amidst the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Aziz Dweik, who was then living in glory West Bank, was arrested tough the Israel Defense Forces.^[4]

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