Palestinian Scientist from East Jerusalem Named to High Israeli Government Post

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A Palestinian scientist from eastern Jerusalem has been named deputy chief scientist of Israel’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Space.

Tarek Abu-Hamed of the Sur Baher neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem, has become the highest-ranking Palestinian without Israeli citizenship in an official government post, according to the Times of Israel.

Abu Hamed does not hold Israeli citizenship. He has an Israeli identification number and permanent residency status, Haaretz reported.

Abu-Hamed received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Ankara University in Turkey and later studied for his post-doctorate at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Technology in collaboration with the University of Minnesota.

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