Biography:Mamdouh Al Aker
Mamdouh Al Aker | |
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| Born | 1943 (age 82–83) Nablus, Mandatory Palestine |
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| Years active | 1970s–present |
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| Profession | Physician |
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| Sub-specialties | Urology |
| Research | Surgical urology |
Mamdouh Al Aker (Arabic: ممدوح العكر, romanized: Mamdūḥ al-ʻAkir; born 1943) is a Palestinian physician and politician. He was part of several delegations in the meetings with Israel and served as a member of the Palestinian Higher Education Council between 1994 and 2018.
Early life and education
Al Aker was born in Nablus, Mandatory Palestine, in 1943.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag He was part of the Palestinian group who developed the Oslo Accords in 1993.[1] However, he left it due to the fact that the proposed agreement did not contain any item to stop Jewish settlements in the West Bank, to have a shared control over the Jerusalem municipality and to free all Palestinian prisoners arrested by Israel.[1] Because of these he became a critic of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 when it was founded.[2] He has also criticized the policies of Israel in the West Bank.[1] He was made a member of the Palestinian Higher Education Council in 1994 and held the post until August 2018.[3] He headed the PA's human rights organization in the 2000s.[4]
Al Aker was the vice president of the Birzeit University and was involved in the establishment of the first Palestinian Medical School at Al Quds University in 1995, being a member of its steering committee.[3] He is a consultant of urology at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem.[5]
Al Aker has been a member of various organizations.[6] He is the cofounder the Mandela Institute for Palestinian Political Prisoners and served as the vice president of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights.[1] He is the treasurer of the Ramallah-based Barenboim-Said Center for Music.[7]
Imprisonment
Al Aker was arrested by the Israeli forces several times. They accused him of having connections with the Palestinian resistance groups, and he was imprisoned in 1991 without any formal charge.[1] He was arrested in 2002 and imprisoned for 40 days in solitary confinement.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Kathryn Kingsbury (21 November 2002). "Palestinian Doctor Tells of Israeli Abuses". The Capital Times. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A94523866/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=d4139b05.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmatar - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr Mamdouh Al-Aker". 24 June 2019. https://ccps21.org/boards/senior-board-of-practitioners/dr-mamdouh-al-aker/.
- ↑ Dimitris Bouris; Stuart Reigeluth (2012). "Introducing the Rule of Law in Security Sector Reform: European Union Policies in the Palestinian Territories". Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 4 (1): 192. doi:10.1017/S1876404512000103.
- ↑ "Surgical Department". Augusta Victoria Hospital. https://avh.org/content/the-surgical-department.
- ↑ "National Commission for Justice to Nizar Bana was announced". Palestine News Network. 15 December 2021. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A687458752/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=04927504.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". https://www.barenboimsaidformusic.com/board-of-directors.
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