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'''Zaki al-Ghul''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''زكي الغول'''; born 1928) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] politician based in [[Jordan]]. Born in the year 1928 at the [[Silwan]] neighbourhood of undivided Jerusalem, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and holds a doctorate from [[John F. Kennedy University]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.net/home/print/f6451603-4dff-4ca1-9c10-122741d17432/d23d8f5b-286e-4344-ab50-7890283b6512|title=منتدى الفكر العربي يكرم أمين مدينة القدس |date=6 March 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> Since 1999 he has served as the titular mayor of [[East Jerusalem]]. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli forces, al-Ghul holds what constitutes a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jerusalem: The Contested City |page=197 |first=Menachem |last=Klein |date=2001 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |location=London |isbn=1-85065-575-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity |page=37 |first=Yitzhak |last=Reiter |date=2008 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Ney York |isbn=0-230-60782-9}}</ref>
'''Zaki al-Ghul''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''زكي الغول'''; born 1926) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] politician based in [[Jordan]]. Born in 1926 in [[Silwan]] neighbourhood, Jerusalem, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and holds a doctorate from [[John F. Kennedy University]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.net/home/print/f6451603-4dff-4ca1-9c10-122741d17432/d23d8f5b-286e-4344-ab50-7890283b6512|title=منتدى الفكر العربي يكرم أمين مدينة القدس |date=6 March 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> Since 1999 he has served as the titular mayor of [[East Jerusalem]]. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli forces, al-Ghul holds what constitutes a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jerusalem: The Contested City |page=197 |first=Menachem |last=Klein |date=2001 |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. |location=London |isbn=1-85065-575-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity |page=37 |first=Yitzhak |last=Reiter |date=2008 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Ney York |isbn=0-230-60782-9}}</ref>


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Zaki al-Ghul (Arabic: زكي الغول; born 1926) is a Palestinian politician based in Jordan. Born in 1926 in Silwan neighbourhood, Jerusalem, he graduated from the Palestinian Institute of Law in 1948 and holds a doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in 2006.[1] Since 1999 he has served as the titular mayor of East Jerusalem. Due to the forced shutting down of all councils related to the East Jerusalem municipal services by Israeli forces, al-Ghul holds what constitutes a purely formal position or title without any practical or real authority.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "منتدى الفكر العربي يكرم أمين مدينة القدس". Al Jazeera. 6 March 2014.
  2. ^ Klein, Menachem (2001). Jerusalem: The Contested City. London: C. Hurst & Co. p. 197. ISBN 1-85065-575-8.
  3. ^ Reiter, Yitzhak (2008). Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity. Ney York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 37. ISBN 0-230-60782-9.