George Bisharat

George Bisharat (born 1954) is an American professor of law and frequent commentator on current events in the Middle East, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in particular.

in history from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, before going on to graduate cum laude from Harvard Law School.

[4] Bisharat served as deputy Public Defender for the city of San Francisco from 1987 to 1991, and in 1989, he published the book Palestinian Lawyers and Israeli Rule: Law and Disorder in the West Bank (University of Texas Press).

[4] Bisharat is a commentator on the Middle East and the legal and human rights aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and his written commentaries have been published in U.S. and international media.

Bisharat has argued in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that Israel's actions in the 2008–2009 Israel–Palestine conflict over Gaza constitute war crimes.

George Bisharat, 2010
Villa Harun Al Rashid, in Talbiya , built by Bisharat's paternal grandfather in 1926, confiscated by the Israelis after 1948, and becoming Golda Meir 's residence in the 1960s. [ 1 ]