Azmi Bishara

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(A photographed portrait of Azmi Bishara)
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Azmi Bishara[1]listen (help·info) (Arabic: عزمي بشارة[2] listen (help·info), Hebrew: עזמי בשארה[3] listen (help·info)) (born July 22, 1956[4]) is a member of the seventeenth Knesset.[5] Bishara was born to Arab Christian parents[6] in Nazareth,[4] where he currently lives[4] (as of February 2007).

In the 1999 election he became the first Israeli Arab to run for Prime Minister.[7] He was one of five people to run for Prime Minister in these elections, but dropped out of the race two days before election day. In the end, only Ehud Barak and Benyamin Netanyahu were left as final candidates.[8]

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[edit] Early life

Bishara established the first National Committee of Arab High School Students[7] and in 1974 was its chairman[6] and in 1976, he was instrumental setting up the Committee for the Defense of Arab Lands, as well as the first National Arab Student Union.[6]

Upon completing his Ph.D in philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin in 1986, he joined the faculty of Bir Zeit University,[9] and went on to head the Philosophy and Cultural Studies Department for two years, from 1994 to 1996.[10] "He has also worked as a senior researcher at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem".[10]

[edit] Political career

Bishara has been a Knesset member ever since the fourteenth Knesset (first seating June 17 1996)[11] and "was a key founder of the political party that he represents in the Knesset, the National Democratic Assembly (NDA-Balad)."[10] (The NDA is at times misnamed the "National Democratic Alliance".)[12]

In 2003, the Israeli Supreme Court "overturned Central Elections Committee decisions to disqualify MKs Ahmed Tibi and Azmi Bishara, and Bishara's party, Balad, from running in the elections to the 16th Knesset."[13] The CEC's decision was supported by Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein, "who went so far as to submit his own petition to the CEC against the party and its leader."[13] "The CEC ruled that Bishara and Balad sought to destroy the Jewish character of the state and supported the armed struggle against it."[13]

[edit] Visits to Syria

Bishara visited Syria in September 2006, where he warned of the possibility that "Israel launch a preliminary offensive in more than one place, in a bid to overcome the internal crisis in the country and in an attempt to restore its deterrence capability."[14] He and members of his party also visited Lebanon, where they told the Lebanese prime minister that Hizbullah's resistance to Israel has "lifted the spirit of the Arab people".[15] Soon thereafter at Interior Minister Roni "Bar-On's request, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered a criminal investigation be opened against Balad MKs Azmi Bashara, Jamal Zahalka and Wassel Taha over their recent visit to Syria", as "[a]fter Bashara's last trip in 2001, the Knesset passed a law forbidding MKs from visiting any enemy state."[16]

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Writings

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  • He is the author of the book The Palestinian Intifada and Its Reflections in the Israeli Public Opinion[citation needed]
  • He also published two novels of a planned trilogy: The Checkpoint (2004) (available in French translation, and a Hebrew translation is forthcoming) and Love in the Shadow Zone (2005).[citation needed]
  • Bishara has contributed articles to many books that deal with nationalism, Islam, and democracy, the Palestinian issue, and minority rights;[citation needed]
  • he also edited a series of 15 brochures and schoolbooks for teaching democracy and democratic principles in Arabic.[citation needed]

[edit] Arabic

Muwatin’s Publications

  • On the Democratic Option: Four Critical Studies. Re-published by the Center for Arab Unity Studies, Lebanon, 1993 (with Burhan Ghalioun, George Giacaman, and Said Zeedani)
  • Ziad Abu-Amr, with a Critical Commentary by Ali Jarbawi and Azmi Bishara: Civil Society and Democratic Change in Palestinian Society. 1995
  • A Critical Perspective on Palestinian Democracy. 1995 (with Musa Budeiri, Jamil Hilal, George Giacaman, and Azmi Bishara)
  • A Contribution to the Critique of Civil Society. 1996
  • The Ruptured Political Discourse and other Studies. 1998
  • The Site of Meaning: Essays from the First Year of the Intifada. 2002
  • In the Wake of the Israeli Invasion: Issues of Palestinian National Strategy. 2002.
  • Theses on a Deferred Awakening. 2003
  • From the Jewishness of the State to Sharon 2005 ISBN 9950-312-16-7
  • The Elements of Democracy Series Series Editor: Dr. Azmi Bishara (12 publications from '94 to '99)

[edit] English

  • The Arabs in Israel/Azmi Bishara, Moreton-in-Marsh : Arris, 2003[18]
  • The Palestinians of Israel/an interview with Azmi Bishara in The new Intifada:resisting Israel’s apartheid, edited by Roane Carey;introduction by Noam Chomsky, London; New York:Verso, 2001, ISBN 1950943778[18]
  • The Palestinian elections:an assessment/‎Azmi Bishara et al.,‪ Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,‎‪ 1997[19]

[edit] German

  • Die Jerusalem Frage :‎ Israelis und Palaestinenser im Gespraech‎ Teddy Kollek, Hanan Ashrawi, Amos Oz, Faisal Husseini, Ehud Olmert, Albert Aghazarian, Shulamit Aloni, Nazmi al-Jubeh, Meron Benvenisti, Ikrima Sabri, Michel Sabbah/Uri Avnery, Azmi Bishara (Hg.) (Translated from the Arabic, English or Hebrew by various translators), Heidelberg :‎ ‪ Palmyra,‎ ‪ c1996[19]
  • --alles ändert sich die ganze Zeit:soziale Bewegung(en) im "Nahen Osten"/Jörg Später (Hrsg.), mit Beiträgen von Azmi Bishara et al., Freiburg (Breisgau) : Informationszentrum Dritte Welt, 1994[18]

[edit] Hebrew

  • כיסופים בארץ המחסומים:רסיסי סיפור (במקור: : وجد في بلاد الحواجر)\עזמי בשארה (מערבית: מיכאל גוגנהיימר), תל אביב : בבל, תשס"ה 2006[20]
  • בין האני לאנחנו\עזמי בשארה (עורך), ירושלים : מכון ון ליר, תשנ"ט 1999[20]
  • הנאורות - פרוייקט שלא נשלם? : שש מסות על נאורות ומודרניזם\עריכה ומבוא: עזמי בשארה, מבואות והערות למסות: רנה קלינוב, תל אביב : הקיבוץ המאוחד, תשנ"ז 1997[20]

[edit] Awards

Bishara was awarded the “Ibn Rushd 'Averroes' Prize for Freedom of Thought” for the year 2002 in Berlin,[21] and the Global Exchange Human Rights Award for the year 2003 in San Francisco.[22]



[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The English spelling of his name is taken from [KNEE]
  2. ^ The Arabic spelling of his name is taken from [KNEA]
  3. ^ The Hebrew spelling of his name is taken from [KNEH]
  4. ^ a b c [KNEE]
  5. ^ [KNEM]
  6. ^ a b c (JER)
  7. ^ a b (HAA)
  8. ^ ([HAR])
  9. ^ [ARC]
    "1980-1986: جامعة هومبولون برلين. تخرج منها بشهادة دكتوراة في الفلسفة بإمتياز."
    "1986-1996: محاضر الفلسفة والدراسات الثقافية، جامعة بير زيت."
    Translation:
    "1980-1986: Humboldt University, Berlin. He graduated cum-laude with a Ph.D. in Philosophy."
    "1986-1996: Lecturer in Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Bir-Zeyt University."
  10. ^ a b c [ADA]
  11. ^ [KNEF]
  12. ^ (HAA), (JER)
  13. ^ a b c [IZE]
  14. ^ [NAH]
  15. ^ [FRE]
  16. ^ [YOA]
  17. ^ [JER]
  18. ^ a b c [LOC]
  19. ^ a b [JNUE]
  20. ^ a b c [JNUH]
  21. ^ [IBN]
  22. ^ [GLO]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] A photographed portrait of Azmi Bishara

[edit] Primary sources

[edit] Other

  • [1] "Bishārah, Azmī" in the Library of Congress Online Catalog

[edit] See also

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