Nabil Amr
Information Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
In office
April 2003 – October 2003
Personal details
Born1947 (age 76–77)
NationalityPalestinian
Professionpolitician

Nabil Amr (Arabic: نبيل عمرو; born 1947) is a former information minister (2003) in the Palestinian National Authority, and previous ambassador to the USSR and Egypt.[1] He was an outspoken, fierce, longtime critic of Yasser Arafat, including regarding Arafat's wrecking the peace talks and his failure to make a counter-offer at the 2000 Camp David Summit.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Amr spearheaded calls for anti-corruption democratic reforms to the Palestinian Authority that Yasir Arafat was reluctant to make.[8][9] Amr complained often about corruption and cronyism in Arafat's administration.[10]

In September 2002, after Amr called for reform of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat had the chief of his special forces fire a number of warning shots at Amr's home.[11]

In July 2004 Amr was shot twice in his right leg, through the window of his house in Ramallah, by pro-Arafat gunmen, enraging his clan, which denounced the PA for failing to find the attackers.[12][8] His shooting took place minutes after he returned to his home from a television interview on a popular political talk show, in which he criticised Arafat’s performance as president.[8][13] Amr said the attack on him was intended to stifle him from calling for reforms in the Palestinian Authority.[14]

Amr's right leg was amputated from the knee down.[6]

He later lived in his hometown of Dura, southwest of Hebron.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Palestinian election fever begins, minus the elections - Al-Monitor". al-monitor. 6 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Encounters that Changed the World
  3. ↑ Decoding the Conflict Between Israel and the Palestinians
  4. ↑ Balmer, Crispian (22 November 2013). "Insight - Old assumptions questioned in Arafat's mysterious death" – via Reuters.
  5. ↑ Rubinstein, Danny (29 August 2016). "Who Shot Nabil Amr?". Haaretz.
  6. 1 2 "Arafat critic has leg amputated after shooting". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 2004.
  7. ↑ Still Life with Bombers; Israel in the Age of Terrorism
  8. 1 2 3 "Palestinian MP shot in ongoing Gaza crisis". Al Jazeera.
  9. ↑ "Lawmaker defiant after bid on life". Al Jazeera.
  10. ↑ "Arafat critic shot in Ramallah". 21 July 2004 – via BBC.
  11. ↑ Calabresi, Massimo (18 November 2002). "Going After Arafat's Monopoly on Money" – via Time.
  12. ↑ Yasir Arafat; A Political Biography
  13. ↑ McGreal, Chris (20 July 2004). "Qureia drops threat to quit as PM". The Guardian.
  14. ↑ "UAE president sponsors Palestinian". UPI.
  15. ↑ Amayreh, Khalid. "Former minister lashes out at PA". Al Jazeera.
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