Saleh Abd al-Jawad, also spelled Saleh Abdel Jawad, (, born 1952) is a

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

historian. He has worked as Professor of History and Political Science at

Birzeit University Birzeit University () is a public university in the West Bank, Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as a charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mini ...

since 1981.

Biography

Born in

Al-Bireh Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira (; also known historically as Castrum Mahomeria, Magna Mahomeria, Mahomeria Major, Birra, or Beirothah) is a city in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. It is the capital of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Gove ...

, he received his PhD in political science from Paris X-Nanterre University in 1986. In January 1987, he was sentenced to 39 days imprisonment by an Israeli military court after participating in a sit-down strike at Birzeit University in December 1986.

Publications

* Abd al-Jawad, S., 2001, ''The Israeli Assassination Policy in the Aqsa Intifada'', JMCC. * Abd al-Jawad, S., 2003, ''Le témoignage des Palestiniens entre l’historiographie israélienne et l’historiographie arabe : le cas de 1948'' in COQUIO, C. L’histoire trouée. Négation et témoignage, Nantes : l’Atalante, pp. 627–639. * Abd al-Jawad, S., 2005, ''Palestinians and the Historiography of the 1948 War'', Muwatin. * Abd al-Jawad, S., 2006 ''The Arab and Palestinian Narratives of the 1948 War'' in Rotberg, R.I., The Intertwined Narratives of Israel-Palestine: History's Double Helix, Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, pp. 72–113. * Abd al-Jawad, S., 2007, ''Zionist Massacres: the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem in the 1948 War'', in Benvenisti, E., Gans, C. and Hanafi, S., ''Israel and the Palestinian Refugees'', Berlin, Heidelberg, New-York : Springer, pp. 59–127.

References

Living people 20th-century Palestinian historians Historians of the Middle East 1952 births Academic staff of Birzeit University 21st-century Palestinian historians {{Palestine-historian-stub