Azmi Bishara

Azmi Bishara (  ,  , lahir 22 Juli 1956 di Nazaret, Israel), mantan anggota Knesset (parlemen Israel), adalah seorang intelektual, akademisi, politikus, dan penulis asal Palestina.

Pada tahun 2007, Bishara mengungsi dari Israel dan mengundurkan diri dari Knesset setelah ditanyai oleh polisi atas dugaan membantu dan memberikan informasi kepada musuh selama masa perang, berhubungan dengan agen luar negeri, dan menerima dana dalam jumlah besar yang ditransfer dari negara lain. Bishara membantah tuduhan-tuduhan tersebut. Pada bulan Februari 2011, Parlemen Israel mengesahkan "RUU Bishara", dan kemudian memungut suara untuk mencoret Bishara dari sejumlah tunjangan parlemennya, termasuk pensiun sebesar NIS 7.228 per bulan yang diterimanya sebagai mantan anggota Knesset.

Bishara telah menulis dalam berbagai topik. Ia saat ini menjabat sebagai direktur umum Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Doha Institute) dan menetap di Qatar.

Karya tulis 
 Min yahudiyat al-dawla hata Sharon ("From the Jewishness of the State to Sharon") (2005),
 The Ruptured Political Discourse and Other Studies (Arabic, 1998)
 The Palestinian Intifada and Its Reflections in the Israeli Public Opinion
 Two novels of a planned trilogy: The Checkpoint (2004) (available in French translation, and a Hebrew translation is forthcoming) and Love in the Shadow Zone (2005).

Arab 
 On the Democratic Option: Four Critical Studies (Arabic) Re-published by the Center for Arab Unity Studies, Lebanon, 1993 (with Burhan Ghalioun, George Giacaman, and Said Zeedani)
 Ziad Abu-Amr, with a Critical Commentary by Ali Jarbawi and Azmi Bishara: Civil Society and Democratic Change in Palestinian Society 1995 (Arabic)
 A Critical Perspective on Palestinian Democracy 1995 (Arabic, with Musa Budeiri, Jamil Hilal, George Giacaman, and Azmi Bishara)
 A Contribution to the Critique of Civil Society 1996 (Arabic)
 The Ruptured Political Discourse and other Studies 1998 (Arabic)
 The Site of Meaning: Essays from the First Year of the Intifada 2002 (Arabic)
 In the Wake of the Israeli Invasion: Issues of Palestinian National Strategy 2002 (Arabic)
 Theses on a Deferred Awakening 2003 (Arabic)
 
 The Elements of Democracy Series, Series Editor: Dr. Azmi Bishara (Arabic, 12 publications from '94 to '99)

Inggris 
 The Arabs in Israel Moreton-in-Marsh: Arris, 2003
 The Palestinians of Israel/an interview with Azmi Bishara in The new Intifada:resisting Israel’s apartheid, edited by Roane Carey;introduction by Noam Chomsky, London; New York:Verso, 2001, ISBN 1950943778
 The Palestinian elections:an assessment, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1997
 Universal instincts; The West, served by Arab "moderates", is attempting to take the Arab world back to the Stone Age , 5 October 2006, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 815
 Ministry of strategic threats; Avigdor Lieberman's arrival in the Israeli cabinet is symptomatic of the degradation of the country's political system , 1 November 2006, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 818
 Realities of death; The value of life has little to do with the value accorded to death and the latter, is determined as much by who did the killing as by the identity of the victim , 16 November 2006, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 820
 A selective memory , 24 November 2006, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 821
 Strong in spite of themselves; Now is the time for America's Arab allies to whisper advice to Washington, thanks to the resistance in Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine , 8 December 2006, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 823*Olmert: as expected; Israel is demanding the absurd, but the illusion is shattered if Arab states understand that the game of axis politics is not in their interest , 22 March 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 837
 Initiative versus principle; If Israel rejects the best Arab position, perhaps the Arabs should revert to maximal demands and ask Israel to propose a plan , 29 March 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly
 Shattered illusions , 19 April 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 841
 Israeli games again , 30 August 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 860
 Ignorant thieves , 6 September 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 861
 Headlong to more of the same , 18 October 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 867
 US war insanity , 8 November 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 870
 Madrid redux; Bush's peace meeting is nothing but an empty orgy of rhetoric, 29 November 2007, Al-Ahram Weekly, issue 873

Jerman 
 Die Jerusalem Frage: Israelis und Palaestinenser im Gespraech. Teddy Kollek, Hanan Ashrawi, Amos Oz, Faisal Husseini, Ehud Olmert, Albert Aghazarian, Shulamit Aloni, Nazmi al-Jubeh, Meron Benvenisti, Ikrima Sabri, Michel Sabbah/Uri Avnery, Azmi Bishara (Hg.) (Translated from the Arabic, English or Hebrew by various translators), Heidelberg: Palmyra, c1996
 --alles ändert sich die ganze Zeit:soziale Bewegung(en) im "Nahen Osten"/Jörg Später (Hrsg.), mit Beiträgen von Azmi Bishara et al., Freiburg (Breisgau): Informationszentrum Dritte Welt, 1994

Penghargaan 
 “Ibn Rushd 'Averroes' Prize for Freedom of Thought” tahun 2002 di Berlin.
 Global Exchange Human Rights Award tahun 2003 di San Francisco.

Lihat pula 
 Kristen Palestina

Catatan kaki

Pranala luar 
 Azmi Bishara homepage 
 "Why Israel is After Me" Azmi Bishara's defense in May 2007, "ironic twist reminiscent of France's Dreyfus affair".
 Blip.tv , video interview with Azmi Bishara, 30 mins.
 Zwei Arten der Staatsbürgerschaft. Ibn Rushd Preis für freies Danken. Rede des Preisträgers Dr. Azmi Bishara, Berlin 14.12.2002 (German)

Kelahiran 1956
Novelis Israel
Anggota Knesset ke-14 (1996–1999)
Anggota Knesset ke-15 (1999–2003)
Anggota Knesset ke-16 (2003–2006)
Anggota Knesset ke-17 (2006–2009)
Tokoh Qatar
Tokoh dari Nazaret