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Name: Yasser Abd Rabbo
Title: Former Palestinian Authority Minister of Information, Culture and Arts
Position: Pro Two-state solution, Pro Geneva Accords to the question "What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"
Reasoning:

Yasser Abd Rabbo was a lead author of and signatory to the Geneva Accords.
[Editor's Note: A direct statement from Yasser Abd Rabbo on this topic was not found (s of 7/31/07]

Credibility
Ranking:
Experts
Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Counsul Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies, and Ph.D.'s with significant involvement in, or related to, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Involvement:
  • Present - Advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
  • Co-founder of the Third Way, Palestinian political party
  • Lead author of and signatory to the Geneva Accords
  • Spokesperson on behalf of Palestinians
  • 2000 - Member of the Palestinian Negotiations team at Camp David
  • 2001 - Member of the Palestinian Negotiations team at Taba
  • Member of the Madrid Peace Delegation in 1991
  • Former Palestinian Authority Minister of Information, Culture and Arts
  • Former Minister of Cabinet Affairs
  • Former advisor to Yasser Arafat
  • Member of the PLO Executive Committee
  • Former leader of the PFLP (Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine) and DFLP (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine)


  • Education:
  • M.A., Economics and Political Science from the American University in Cairo

  • Affiliations/
    Honors:

  • Palestinian representative and negotiator to the Oslo Accords
  • PLC Committee for Education, Culture and Science
  • Palestinian Democratic Group, FIDA
  • Palestinian Peace Council


  • Contact Info:
    Phone: None listed Fax: None listed
    E-Mail: None listed
    Web Site: None listed

    Other:
  • Born in Jaffa, British Mandate Palestine (now Israel), 1945
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