User:Lioreut/David Hacham (commentator)

David Hacham (born June 22, 1951), is a researcher, political consultant and expert on Arab affairs. Served as adviser on Arab affairs to Defense Ministers Yitzhak Mordechai, Moshe Arens, Ehud Barak, Binyamin Ben Eliezer, Shaul Mofaz and Amir Peretz

Hacham was born in Ramat Hasharon to Dalia (Farha) and Nazem, who immigrated from Baghdad in 1951. Graduated from Ehel Shem High School in Ramat Gan.

As part of his duties in the IDF, he served in the Operations Division, the Planning Division, the Intelligence Division, and the coordination of government operations in the Territories. Hacham was the head of the Department of Arab Affairs in the Israeli government in the Gaza Strip throughout the years of the first intifada (1987-1993). from the IDF

At the end of his service in the Gaza Strip, he served in the coordination of the government's actions in the territories as a political advisor and in charge of the negotiations between Israel and the PLO as part of the Oslo process. As part of his role, he was a member of the Israeli delegations in all the working groups on the multilateral negotiation track and participated in the various channels of the bilateral negotiations between Israel and the PLO on the interim agreement. He also took part in the meetings of the senior political level in Israel with the chairman of the PLO, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas.

Hacham was released from permanent service in the IDF in 1999 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

At the end of his military service, he continued to work in the Ministry of Defense. From 1997 to 2005, he served as an adviser to the defense ministers for Arab affairs. In this framework, he participated in regular meetings of the defense ministers (and other ministers in the Israeli government) with Arab and Palestinian leaders. After that, he served as the center for Arab issues within the security-political wing of the Ministry of Defense.

Since 2018, he has served as a senior research fellow at the "Miriam Institute" in the United States, as an analyst, lecturer and commentator on Arab-Palestinian affairs.

Hacham completed his bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern history and political science at Tel Aviv University (1969-1972) as part of the IDF's academic reserve, and a master's degree in Middle Eastern history from Tel Aviv University, and in national security studies from Haifa University. He is a graduate of the Inter-Army College to the command and staff and the National Security College of the IDF.

Chacham is married to Haya, nee Alter. The couple has three children - two daughters and a son. The family lives in the settlement of Reot in the city of Modi'in - Maccabim - Reot.

And the land will be filled with Hamas - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and his war in Israel, University of Haifa, 2006. The study reviews the biography of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, presents his religious-political ideological doctrine, especially in relation to Israel, and evaluates his central contribution to the establishment of the Hamas organization as a front branch of the Brotherhood movement Muslims in the Palestinian arena.

Gaza at eye level - a view of the Intifada from the inside, Moden Publishing, 2016. The book reviews and analyzes the sequence of events in the development process of the first Intifada, along with a description and analysis of what is happening on the ground. The book combines personal experiences and impressions that illuminate the complicated and dynamic reality of life in an accurate and authentic light.

"T'far rebel movement - 1965-1975", Systems 253, 1976, ref. 41-45.

"Renewed Arab threat to shipping in the Red Sea", Monthly Review, March 1979.

"South Yemen - a center of unrest in the Arabian Peninsula", Monthly Review, January 1979.

"Ten years of the existence of the United Arab Emirates - a union amidst division", monthly review, 1984, pp. 27-36.

"Crisis in the PLO - from the departure from Beirut to the gathering in Ravat Ammon", monthly review, 1990, pp. 31-37.

"Casablanca summit", monthly review, 1985, pp. 22-33.

"The stages of the intifada - from a spontaneous outbreak to an organized activity", monthly review, 1990, pp. 31-37.

"The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas - Radical Islam in the Test of Action", Sets, 1996, 13-2.6

Cautious Optimism in Ramallah Regarding Biden BESA BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY January 7, 2021

Palestinian elections are still far from certain ] 03-05-2021 https://www.israelhayom.com/writer/col-ret-david-hacham/ ]

Gaza Will Remain a Powder Keg, Qatari Cash or Not | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com, AUGUST 25,2021

Palestinian and regional players prepare for life after Abbas September 23, 2021 https://www.miryaminstitute.org/commentary-blog/tag/David+Hacham ]

November 18, 2021 Palestinian Authority sobers up on expectations from the Biden administration - Jewish Journal http://jewishjournal.org.il

Hamas is conducting a war of attrition in Gaza // David Hacham - Haaretz (haaretz.co.il), March 11, 2019