Jamal Tirawi

Who is Jamal Tirawi?

Jamal Tirawi is a Palestinian lawmaker.

He is member of Fatah. He is a former member and spokesman for Fatah in the Palestinian Legislative Council and former spokesman for Fatah in that body. He is also a former leader of the Palestinian General Intelligence service He is also a former commander in the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

Tirawi's cousin, Tawfiq Tirawi, is current intelligence chief

In a Palestinian Legislative Council session to discuss Mahmoud Abbas's proposal to hold a referendum on 26 July 2006, Tirawi said that, "the role of the PLC is to activate the dialogue between Palestinians and it is the right of the Palestinian Authority chairman to call a referendum...We, as Palestinians, have the right to give our answers in the referendum. A referendum doesn’t mean stopping the dialogue."

In 2005, Tirawi was accused of recruiting a Palestinian teenager, Salah al Jitan, to perform a suicide attack. The teenage reported to interrogators that Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade leaders pressured him to perform a suicide bombing after he fought with his father, threatening to kill him or release a statement accusing him of being a collaborator with Israel if he did not carry out the order.