Jamal Tirawi (b, 1966) is a Palestinian lawmaker.
He is member of Fatah. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير He is a former member and spokesman for Fatah in the Palestinian Legislative Council [1] and former spokesman for Fatah in that body[2]. The Palestinian Legislative Council (sometimes referred to as the Palestinan Parliament) the Legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a Unicameral He is also a former leader of the Palestinian General Intelligence service [3] He is also a former commander in the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى is a coalition of Palestinian militias in [4]
Tirawi's cousin, Tawfiq Tirawi, is current intelligence chief[5]
In a Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) session to discuss Mahmoud Abbas's proposal to hold a referendum on 26 July 2006, Tirawi said that, "the role of the PLC is to activate the dialogue between Palestinians and it is the right of the Palestinian Authority chairman to call a referendum. Mahmoud Abbas (محمود عباس (born March 26, 1935) also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (ابو مازن was elected President . . We, as Palestinians, have the right to give our answers in the referendum. A referendum doesn’t mean stopping the dialogue. "[6]
In 2005, Tirawi was accused of recruiting a Palestinian teenager, Salah al Jitan, to perform a suicide attack. The teenage reported to interrogators that Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade leaders pressured him to perform a suicide bombing after he fought with his father, threatening to kill him or release a statement accusing him of benig a collaborator with Israel if he did not carry out the order. Tirawi, disputed the Israeli account, saying that, "the Israelis are liars," and that the boy had actually come to the brigades volunteering to perform an attack but that the brigades refused to use him since he was the only son in the family. [4]
In May 2007, Tirawi was arrested during an Israeli raid on Nablus on charges or recruiting suicide attackers and supplying them with arms. Nablus ( sometimes Nābulus; Arabic:; næːblʊs is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem Members of the Al Aqsa Brigades closed several streets in the centre of Nablus and burned tires to protesting against the Palestinian Authority for not providing Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members with sufficient protection, and accusing the Palestinian government of "conspiracy with the Israeli occupation. "[7].
In August, 2007 Tirawi was found guilty as an accomplice in a 2002 suicide attack. This article is about suicide attacks for political and/or military reasons In the attack, an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade[2] member left Tirawi's home in Nabulus, and performed the attack in Israel, blowing himself up in the Bialik Café, a coffee shop in Tel Aviv. Nablus ( sometimes Nābulus; Arabic:; næːblʊs is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Israeli woman Rachel Tcherkhi, was killed in the attack[1]and 29 others were injured [3].
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References
- ^ a b Fatah legislator indicted of sending bomber, Ali Waked, 8.15/07
- ^ a b Israelis seize Fatah legislator Wednesday, 30 May 2007
- ^ a b Olmert and Abbas to meet in search of Israeli-Palestinian peace, Steven Erlanger, May 29, 2007
- ^ a b CBS News October 12, 2005
- ^ Three Children of Palestinian Officer Killed in Drive-by Shooting, Associated Press, Monday, December 11, 2006
- ^ Ma'an News Agency, Heated debates in the PLC on Monday in regards to the referendum, 12 / 06 / 2006
- ^ Ma'an news agency, Armed Al Aqsa men close streets of Nablus in protest against Fatah PLC member's arrest, 5/29/07
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