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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Adnan Ibrahim Al-Hajjar was born in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on September 19, 1968, to a Palestinian refugee family originally from the depopulated town of Al-Majdal in the occupied Gaza Strip. He is married and has two sons and three daughters. He completed his primary education at Jabalia Refugee School (C) and Jabalia Refugee School (B), and his secondary education at Al-Faluja School in Jabalia and the Agricultural School in Beit Hanoun, from which he obtained his high school diploma in 1986. He earned a diploma in Arabic language from the Teachers' Institute in Gaza City in 1989, a bachelor's degree in law from the Faculty of Law at Annaba University in Algeria in 1996, a master's degree in business law from the same university in 1998, and a doctorate in law from the same university in 2011. He was awarded the rank of professor of law from Al-Israa University in Gaza in 2020.
He worked as a teacher in government schools in 1990, and as a lecturer at Al-Azhar University and Al-Quds Open University in Gaza City between (1998-1999), and as director of the legal department and studies unit at Al-Mezan Center in Gaza between (1999-2015), and as a lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza between (2012-2013), and as president of Al-Israa University in Gaza between (2012-2015).
Al-Hajjar was institutionally active; he participated in the founding of the Empowerment Center for Training and Graduate Development, and became Chairman of its Board of Trustees since 2021. He is a member of the Palestinian Scientific Research Council (a governmental body) and a representative of the southern governorates in it since 2021, and a member of the Bar Association since 1998.
Al-Hajjar believes that the Oslo Accords are vague and lack precise provisions, which has led to broad interpretations. He believes that the Palestinians failed to manage them internally and externally, and that they increased the Palestinian division within the parties themselves. However, he believes that they enabled many Palestinians to return to their homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He believes that the Palestinian division since 2007 is not only political, as it has destroyed many aspects of life, including the law, and is a disgrace to the parties involved in the division. He believes that ending the division can only be achieved by the parties involved apologizing to the Palestinian people. He considers national partnership a necessity and an essential task, and believes that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which is the national entity and the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, must include all Palestinian factions and independents, because political participation is a duty for everyone. He also believes that the PLO, in its current form, needs renewal.
Al-Hajjar believes in all forms of legitimate resistance against the occupation, especially since they are guaranteed under international humanitarian law and are determined by the circumstances and reality. He also believes in the complete liberation of historical Palestine, but this is a difficult solution to achieve at this time. Therefore, he believes that the closest solution is the Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with popular and international pressure to achieve it. He also believes that refugees have the right to return to their homes from which they were displaced.
Al-Hajjar believes that the Palestinian cause is going through bad phases for several internal and external reasons, including: division, a deteriorating Arab reality, normalization with the occupation at its peak, and an international community preoccupied with its own issues. However, he believes that the change taking place in the world, such as the Ukrainian war, could bring about change in the Arab region. Therefore, he calls on the Palestinians to take advantage of it by moving towards unity and ending the division, which would open up great prospects for the Palestinian cause and its future.
Al-Hajjar suffered throughout his life; he was arrested by the occupation in 2001 while returning from Egypt, and spent a whole month in Ashkelon prison. The occupation prevented him from traveling between (2001-2005). His two brothers, Bashir and Munir, were killed during the 2014 war, and his mother died as a result of not being able to travel abroad for treatment. His house was hit by an Israeli shell during the 2014 and 2021 wars, the 2014 and 2021 wars, causing significant damage.
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