website children birth_place birth_date spouse residence image article_title name occupation alma_mater
http://www.aim.ps 2 youngstown , ohio , u.s. 18 october 1964 abeer barghouty 1993 al-bireh , palestine sam bahour.jpg sam bahour
 sam bahour managing aim -rrb- -rsb- partner of -lsb- http://www.aim.ps/ applied information management -lrb- youngstown state university
sam bahour

sam bahour is a palestinian american businessman and entrepreneur who was born to a palestinian father and lebanese-american mother .
he moved with his family to the israeli-occupied west bank in the 1990s following the signing of oslo accords to become involved in developing the economy of the future palestinian state .
bahour was born in ohio in 1964 he graduated from youngstown state university in 1989 with a degree in computer technology , and subsequently worked for several american software firms , before moving to the west bank in 1995 .
since relocating to the west bank , bahour has been involved in numerous business development initiatives .
he was part of a group of businessmen who established the palestine telecommunications company .
he also founded several private businesses , and was part of a plan to open a western-style shopping center in the west bank .
in addition , he earned an mba in a joint program between northwestern university in illinois and tel aviv university in israel .
he is also known for his criticisms of israel and its self-definition as a jewish state and has said that israel may be responsible for the use of chemical weapons in syria .
he believes that a two-state solution is an illusion , and that settlement in the israeli-occupied west bank is a crime .
he has also voiced support on twitter for the boycott , divestment and sanctions movement .
