Hatem Ishaq Husseini (1941–December 27, 1994) was a Palestinian educationist, academic and President of Al-Quds University.
[3] His parents invested their lifesavings to build a home in East Jerusalem but that was stopped by the Six-Day War.
[4] On 24 April 1976, he wrote an opinion piece, Yearning for Palestine, for the New York Times in which he called for peaceful future for Arabs and Jews.
[3][7] Husseini became deputy director of the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.
[3] He attempted to combine four colleges under the University but was denied permission by the Israeli government who deemed it illegal and issued four different licenses.