Bethlehem University
An alumnus of the Catholic private school of Frères de Lasalle de Jérusalem in East Jerusalem, after his Baccalaureate he enrolled in sociology at Bethlehem University, and subsequently studied law and qualified as a lawyer. On 29 May 2014, he married Elsa Lefort, an employee of the Institut français du Proche-Orient, resident in East Jerusalem and daughter of the French politician, long time French Communist Party deputy and secretary to Georges Marchais .