About Henry Cattan
Lived 1906 – 1992 (aged 85–86). Henry Cattan was a Turkish writer and jurist.
Henry Cattan (1906 – April 17, 1992) was a Palestinian jurist and writer who wrote extensively on legal issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the 1900s and was a prominent advocate for the state of Palestine.
After qualifying as a barrister, Cattan established a legal practice in Jerusalem in 1932. from 1932 to 1942, Cattan was a member of the delegation which represented the Arab Higher Committee before the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 and 1948.
Cattan died on April 17, 1992 in Paris.
Selected publications Palestine, the Arabs, and Israel (1969) The Palestine Question (1988) Palestine: The Road to Peace Palestine and International Law The Status of Jerusalem (1981)
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Who was Henry Cattan?
lawyer and writer (1906–1992)
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Henry Cattan was born in 1906 in Jerusalem.
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Henry Cattan was a writer and jurist.
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Henry Cattan was Turkish.
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