Khalaf Al Habtoor Biography
- Title:
- Chairman of Al Habtoor Group
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“A two state solution that separates Israelis and Palestinians cannot work. What is needed is a country where the two peoples can live together without conflict…
Unfortunately the Palestinian goal of self-determination as a separate state or the idea of ejecting the 4.5 million Jews from Palestine is as unworkable as Israel’s belief in the two-state solution. It too ignores the reality on the ground: Arab and Jew are inextricably mixed throughout Palestine living in the same streets, towns and cities and relying on each other in many different ways.”
“A One State Solution – The Only Way To Achieve Lasting Peace,” Al Shindagah Online, June 6, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chairman of Al Habtoor Group, 1970-present
- Chairman, Dubai National Insurance
- Former member of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Former Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Dubai
- Honorary Member of the American Medical Association
- Former Executive Board Member of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Only member of the World Board of Governors of the American United Services Organisation, who was not an American citizen, 1994-1997
- Member, Dubai Economic Board
- Honored with a Knighthood from the President of Lebanon
- Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humane Letters by President Hiam Sakr of the American University College of Science and Technology in Beirut
- Awarded the prestigious International Peace Prize by the United Cultural Convention of America
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