18 Facts About Hazem Nuseibeh

Hazem Nuseibeh was a member of the old Nusaybah family.

Hazem Nuseibeh is seen as having been one of the most important ideologists of Arab nationalism.

Hazem Nuseibeh started his university studies at the American University of Beirut, completing a BA in Political Science in 1943.

Hazem Nuseibeh's studies carried him abroad once more when he went to study at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey, United States.

In 1958 Hazem Nuseibeh was to be appointed under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Federation, a union of Jordan and Iraq.

Later, Hazem Nuseibeh came to regret that his White Plan was not implemented, as he felt that the Palestine Liberation Organization could gain prominence because it could call itself the only representative of the Palestinian people.

In 1963 Hazem Nuseibeh became Minister of the Hashemite Royal Court and Political Adviser to Hussein of Jordan.

Hazem Nuseibeh continued as ambassador in Turkey, being stationed there between 1971 and 1972.

Hazem Nuseibeh left the Middle East for Europe in 1972 to become ambassador to Italy, Switzerland and Austria, serving until 1974.

Hazem Nuseibeh changed continents when he became the Permanent Representative of Jordan at the United Nations in New York, United States in 1976.

In December 1980 Hazem Nuseibeh partially based a speech on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an anti-semitic hoax purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination.

Blum wished to point out that Palestinians already had a home in Jordan and referred to the country as "the Palestinian Arab State of Jordan", while Hazem Nuseibeh responded by calling Israel "the Israeli entity".

However, after a conversation between Hazem Nuseibeh and United Kingdom Representative, Anthony Parsons, the Jordanian vote would later be in favor of the United Kingdom in United Nations Security Council Resolution 502.

Hazem Nuseibeh served as President of the United Nations Security Council in October 1982 and he retired as Permanent Representative in 1985.

Hazem Nuseibeh did however teach Arab and International Affairs at the University of Jordan and the national War College.

Hazem Nuseibeh said on his family's website that he dedicated his time to farming.

Hazem Nuseibeh was married to Qadar Masri Hazem Nuseibeh and had four children; sons Haitham and Khaled, and daughters Laila and Lina.

Hazem Nuseibeh died on 10 April 2022, at the age of 99.