Yahya Hammuda (Arabic: يحيى حمودة, also transliterated Hamoudeh or Hammouda ; 1908 – 16 June 2006)[1] was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee from 24 December 1967 to 2 February 1969, following the resignation of Ahmad Shukeiri. He was a veteran activist in Palestinian refugee affairs[2] and a colorless left-leaning lawyer.[3][4][5] His tenure as Chairman did not leave a mark on the organization.[6] He stated that Jewish citizens of Israel could not be expelled to the countries from which they had emigrated, a moderation of the general sentiment that still rejected the State of Israel.[4] On January 21, 1968, Hammuda was received in Jordan by king Husayn and prime minister Bahjat al-Talhuni in a public welcome to reinvigorate the PLO within Jordan.[4] He was succeeded by Yasser Arafat.
Yahya Hammuda يحيى حمودة | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization | |
| In office 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Shukeiri |
| Succeeded by | Yasser Arafat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1908 Lifta, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 16 June 2006 (aged 98) |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
Hammuda was born in the village of Lifta in 1908. He took part of an attempt to secure a role for an independent Palestinian refugee delegation to the Rhodes armistice talks, together with Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari and 'Aziz Shihada.[4] He was a founding member of the General Refugee Congress (GRC). The first congress of the GRC occurred on 17 March 1949 in Ramallah where Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari was elected as President with Hammuda as deputy.[7] They persevered with an attempt at formal recognition for the General Refugee Congress, but they were marginalized by Jordan, where it was based.[4] The Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC) hoping to gain a degree of independent Palestinian representation, invited GRC delegates to come and appear before the PCC.[8]
Footnotes
edit- ^ "يحيى حمودة". Archived from the original on 2018-02-15.
- ^ Sela, Avraham (October 27, 2014). "The PLO at Fifty: A Historical Perspective". Contemporary Review of the Middle East. 1 (3): 269–333. doi:10.1177/2347798914542326. ISSN 2347-7989 – via Sage Journals.
- ^ Yaniv, Anver (August 1974). P.L.O. (Palestinian Liberation Organization) A Profile. Israel Universities Study Group for Middle Eastern Affairs.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b c d e Ṣāyiġ, Yazīd (2011). Armed struggle and the search for state: the Palestinian national movement; 1949 - 1993 (Repr ed.). Oxford: University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-829643-0.
- ^ Rubin, Barry M. (1994). Revolution until victory ? the politics and history of the PLO. Cambridge (Mass.) London: Harvard university press. ISBN 978-0-674-76803-1.
- ^ Pascovich, Eyal (2014). The Case of the Israelis and Palestinians (Report). Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. pp. 141–168.
- ^ Avi Plascov (1981), "The Palestinian refugees in Jordan 1948-1957" Routledge ISBN 0-7146-3120-5 p 20
- ^ Ilan Pappé (1992) “The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1947-1951” I B Tauris ISBN 1-85043-819-6
External links
edit- PLO Timeline in Arabic.
