Anwar Bey Nuseibeh Anwar Bey Nuseibeh was a leading Palestinian who held several major posts in the Jordanian Government before Israel took control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 war.
13 Facts About Anwar Nusseibeh
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Anwar Nusseibeh then went to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied law.
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Anwar Nusseibeh was a keen sportsman who captained the Cambridge tennis team, an accomplished horseman and a talented pianist.
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Anwar Nusseibeh originally opposed the Jericho Conference, which was favoured by his brother Hazem, but accepted the will of the majority and returned to Jerusalem to serve in the Jordanian government.
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Anwar Nusseibeh was dismissed by the King which led to riots in Jerusalem in his support.
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Anwar Nusseibeh returned to Jerusalem just before the 1967 war and continued to live there under occupation.
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Anwar Nusseibeh always held the view that his implacable refusal to accept the legality of the State of Israel did not preclude conversation with a people he viewed as fellow Arabs with a different religion, and so became one of the first Palestinians involved in contacts with Israel after it captured the Arab sector of the city.
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Anwar Nusseibeh's final act of public service was taking on the post of Chairman of the East Jerusalem Electric company, which had become the center for a tug of war over the legality of Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem.
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Anwar Nusseibeh was buried at the gates of the Noble Sanctuary within the confines of Haram as-Sharif Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Anwar Nusseibeh believed in accepting the will of the majority, hence his participation in Jordanian politics following the Jericho Conference of 1948.
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Anwar Nusseibeh believed that holding fast to one's principles does not preclude one from dialogue with the other, hence his reputation for openness and accessibility.
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Anwar Nusseibeh always maintained that the Jews, as Semites, were Arabs and had all the rights due to Arabs throughout the Arab world.
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Anwar Nusseibeh opposed the expelling of Jews from Arab states post 1947.