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Bassem Eid
Bassem Eid (Arabic: باسم عيد; born 5 February 1958) is a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem who comments on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict for Israeli TV and radio. He has been invited to speak by many pro-Israeli organizations in North America, including on university campuses.
Eid initially worked for B'Tselem, documenting Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians, but changed his views after the Oslo Accords. His research currently focuses on human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian armed forces.
Bassem Eid opposes the Palestinian right of return. Eid opposes the one-state solution. In 2023, Bassem also opposed the creation of a Palestinian state and predicted Israel will annex the West Bank without giving Palestinian residents full citizenship.
Eid was born in the Jewish Quarter of the Jordanian-ruled Old City of Jerusalem. In 1966, the Jordanian government evacuated over 500 Palestinian families, including Eid's family, and relocated them to Shuafat Refugee Camp, with no clear reason given. He spent the first 33 years of his life in the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp of Shuafat. He rose to prominence during the First Intifada and was a senior field researcher for B’Tselem, a non-governmental organization reporting on human rights abuses in Israeli administered areas of the West Bank.
Eid reports that his views began to change as PLO leader Yasser Arafat came to power during the Oslo Accords. He believes that the violence and corruption committed by Arafat stalled the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and that it has "been stuck for many years".
Eid says the reason the European Union and other Europeans donate to B'Tselem is because Europeans are "out for revenge on the State of Israel".
In response, Eid set up his own organization to monitor violations of human rights being committed by the Palestinian Authority against Palestinians. In 1996, he founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, and was arrested shortly thereafter. He formally ended his work at the group in October 2010.[citation needed]
Since 2003, Eid has worked as a paid political commentator for Israeli TV, and since 2009, he has worked as a commentator on Palestinian politics for Israeli Radio (Reshet Bet). In 2016, he assumed the role of chairman of the Center for Near East Policy Research.
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Bassem Eid
Bassem Eid (Arabic: باسم عيد; born 5 February 1958) is a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem who comments on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict for Israeli TV and radio. He has been invited to speak by many pro-Israeli organizations in North America, including on university campuses.
Eid initially worked for B'Tselem, documenting Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians, but changed his views after the Oslo Accords. His research currently focuses on human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian armed forces.
Bassem Eid opposes the Palestinian right of return. Eid opposes the one-state solution. In 2023, Bassem also opposed the creation of a Palestinian state and predicted Israel will annex the West Bank without giving Palestinian residents full citizenship.
Eid was born in the Jewish Quarter of the Jordanian-ruled Old City of Jerusalem. In 1966, the Jordanian government evacuated over 500 Palestinian families, including Eid's family, and relocated them to Shuafat Refugee Camp, with no clear reason given. He spent the first 33 years of his life in the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp of Shuafat. He rose to prominence during the First Intifada and was a senior field researcher for B’Tselem, a non-governmental organization reporting on human rights abuses in Israeli administered areas of the West Bank.
Eid reports that his views began to change as PLO leader Yasser Arafat came to power during the Oslo Accords. He believes that the violence and corruption committed by Arafat stalled the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and that it has "been stuck for many years".
Eid says the reason the European Union and other Europeans donate to B'Tselem is because Europeans are "out for revenge on the State of Israel".
In response, Eid set up his own organization to monitor violations of human rights being committed by the Palestinian Authority against Palestinians. In 1996, he founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, and was arrested shortly thereafter. He formally ended his work at the group in October 2010.[citation needed]
Since 2003, Eid has worked as a paid political commentator for Israeli TV, and since 2009, he has worked as a commentator on Palestinian politics for Israeli Radio (Reshet Bet). In 2016, he assumed the role of chairman of the Center for Near East Policy Research.