Appendix

Biographical Abstracts of the Authors

Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi

Head and founder of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs ( PASSIA), Jerusalem; Ph.D. Bradford University, Uk; member of various Palestinian bodies including the “Jerusalem Arab Council” in Jerusalem; closely involved with a variety of international institutions; fellow of the Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University (1985) ; fellow of the Salzburg International Seminar (1986); currently member of the Black Sea University Foundation, Bucharest; the International Institute for strategic Studies (IISS), London, and the Mediterranean Study Commission (MeSCo) ; formerly editor of Al Fajr : General Secretary of Council for Higher Education in the West Bank; co-founder and president of the Arab Thought Forum in Jerusalem, 1977-1981 ).

Publications include: Post Gulf War Assessment: A Palestinian Perspective (1991): Jordanian Disengagement: Causes and Effects (1988); Notes on Palestinian Israeli Meetings in the Occupied Territories (1987); the Evolution of the Arab Flag (1979) 
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Dr. Sari Nuseibeh

Head and founder of the Palestinian Consultancy Group (PCG), Jerusalem, and, since 1995, President of Al-Quds University: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Harvard University (1978); co-founder and member of several Palestinian institution including the Jerusalem Friends of the Sick Society, the Federation of Employees in the Education Sector in the West Bank, the Arab Council for Public Affairs, the Committee Confronting the Iron Fist, and the Jerusalem Arab Council; formerly Professor at Birzeit University (1978-1990), President of the Birzeit Teacher’s Association (1979–1980), co-founder and President of the Union of Faculty and staff at Bir Zeit University, member of the Steering Committee of the Delegation to the Peace Talks, and head of both the bilateral and multilateral technical committees.

Publications include numerous articles and, with Mark Heller, No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Solution of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict, New York: Hill & Wand, 1991.

Dr. Bernard Sabella

Professor of Sociology at Bethlehem University; Ph.D. in Sociology, Viriginia University, USA; member of various Palestinian institutions; scientific and research interest focuses on Palestinian society; co-author of many academic publications.

Publications include a series of articles, an Introduction to Sociology (1983), and Christian Emigration–Comparison Between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem Areas (1991).

Dr. Yitzhak Reiter

Director of the Institute for Israeli Arab Studies, Beit Berl, and lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies; fellow of research projects on Jerusalem at the Harry S. Truman Institute for Research and the Advancement of Peace, and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies; Ph.Dl, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1990); main research fields are Islamic institutions, modern Middle Eastern history, Islamic Law, and the Arabs in Israel; formerly Deputy Prime Minister’s Advisor on Arab Affairs(1978-1995); in 1982-1983, Managing Director of Al-Anba’ daily newspaper (published in Arabic in Jerusalem); in 1993, nominated by the Israeli government to head a public Committee for Integrating Arabs into the civil service.

Publication include: Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem, 1948–1990, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 1991 (Hebrew); The Political Life of Israeli Arabs, with R. Aharoni, Beit Berl, The Institute for Israeli Arab Studies, 1992 (Hebrew) ; Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem under British Mandate, London : Frank Kass, forthcoming (English).