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Viewing cable 06JERUSALEM607, BIO-DATA ON RUMORED NEW PALESTINIAN PM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06JERUSALEM607 2006-02-09 15:46 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Jerusalem
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHJM #0607 0401546
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 091546Z FEB 06
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0263
INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 6233
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY 0427
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 3127
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 8013
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 2896
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 0934
RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 0058
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 000607 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/MUSTAFA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
SUBJECT: BIO-DATA ON RUMORED NEW PALESTINIAN PM 
 
 
1. (U) Press reporting of the HAMAS meetings with Egyptian 
officials in Cairo suggested that HAMAS may nominate Jamal 
al-Khudari as Prime Minister designate.  Jamal al-Khudari is 
a prominent businessman and independently elected PLC member 
from the Gaza City district.  While al-Khudari ran as an 
independent and did not run on the HAMAS list, he appeared 
frequently at HAMAS campaign rallies and was publicly 
endorsed by the HAMAS leadership.  His public affiliation 
with the movement goes back to the early 1990s.  Al-Khudari 
holds a degree in electrical engineering from an Egyptian 
university.  He has served as chairman of the board of 
trustees of the Islamic University in Gaza since 1990 and is 
a former member of the PALTRADE Board of directors.  He comes 
from a prominent and respected family in Gaza.  ConGen 
contacts that have met al-Khudari describe him as outgoing, 
ambitious, highly organized and perceptive. 
 
2. (U) Al-Khudari denied reports that HAMAS offered him the 
Prime Minister position in statements to the press on 
February 8, but said that if offered he would accept the 
position or any other ministerial post.  Al-Khudari told the 
Egyptian newspaper al-Hayah that if appointed as Prime 
minister, he would seek to form a pragmatic, technocratic and 
politically inclusive government with ministers from outside 
the PLC. 
 
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