Yahya Hammuda

Yahya Hammuda (Arabic: يحيى حمودة, also transliterated Hamoudeh or Hammouda ; 1908 – 16 June 2006)^[1] was the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee from 24 December 1967 to 2 February 1969, following the resignation of Ahmad Shukeiri. He was a veteran activist in Palestinian refugee affairs^[2] and a colorless left-leaning lawyer.^[3][4][5] His tenure as Chairman did not leave a mark on the organization.^[6] He stated that Jewish citizens of Israel could not be expelled to the countries from which they had emigrated, a moderation of the general sentiment that still rejected the State of Israel.^[4] On January 21, 1968, Hammuda was received in Jordan by king Husayn and prime minister Bahjat al-Talhuni in a public welcome to reinvigorate the PLO within Jordan.^[4] He was succeeded by Yasser Arafat.

Yahya Hammuda يحيى حمودة
2nd Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
In office 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969
Preceded by	Ahmad Shukeiri
Succeeded by	Yasser Arafat
Personal details
Born	1908 Lifta, Ottoman Empire
Died	16 June 2006 (aged 98)
Nationality	Palestinian

Hammuda was born in the village of Lifta in 1908. He took part of an attempt to secure a role for an independent Palestinian refugee delegation to the Rhodes armistice talks, together with Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari and 'Aziz Shihada.^[4] He was a founding member of the General Refugee Congress (GRC). The first congress of the GRC occurred on 17 March 1949 in Ramallah where Muhammad Nimr al-Hawari was elected as President with Hammuda as deputy.^[7] They persevered with an attempt at formal recognition for the General Refugee Congress, but they were marginalized by Jordan, where it was based.^[4] The Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC) hoping to gain a degree of independent Palestinian representation, invited GRC delegates to come and appear before the PCC.^[8]

Footnotes

1. "يحيى حمودة". Archived from the original on 2018-02-15.
2. Sela, Avraham (October 27, 2014). "The PLO at Fifty: A Historical Perspective". Contemporary Review of the Middle East. 1 (3): 269–333. doi:10.1177/2347798914542326. ISSN 2347-7989 – via Sage Journals.
3. Yaniv, Anver (August 1974). P.L.O. (Palestinian Liberation Organization) A Profile. Israel Universities Study Group for Middle Eastern Affairs.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
4. Ṣāyiġ, Yazīd (2011). Armed struggle and the search for state: the Palestinian national movement; 1949 - 1993 (Repr ed.). Oxford: University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-829643-0.
5. Rubin, Barry M. (1994). Revolution until victory ? the politics and history of the PLO. Cambridge (Mass.) London: Harvard university press. ISBN 978-0-674-76803-1.
6. Pascovich, Eyal (2014). The Case of the Israelis and Palestinians (Report). Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. pp. 141–168.
7. Avi Plascov (1981), "The Palestinian refugees in Jordan 1948-1957" Routledge ISBN 0-7146-3120-5 p 20
8. Ilan Pappé (1992) “The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1947-1951” I B Tauris ISBN 1-85043-819-6

External links

• PLO Timeline in Arabic.

Preceded by Ahmad Shukeiri	Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1967–1969	Succeeded by Yasser Arafat