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The opening as it read in 2015

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 .¹ 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 .² He has also voiced support on Twitter for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The New York Times .³ LUSTICK) - A MUST READ!" . "[ePalestine] Haaretz: Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria" .⁴ "Boycott institutionally, Engage individually - Divest from Israel, Invest in Palestinians in all of historic Palestine - Sanction Now!" .⁵

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The opening as it stood in 2010

Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American businessman and entrepreneur who 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 to a Palestinian father and Lebanese-American mother. 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, the first private telecommunications company in the Middle East . He also founded several private businesses, and has been behind a plan to open the first Western-style shopping center in the Palestinian Territories . In addition, he earned an MBA in a joint program between Northwestern University in Illinois and Tel Aviv University in Israel .

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American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Bahour is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He 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 has voiced support on Twitter for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The New York Times . "Boycott institutionally, Engage individually – Divest from Israel, Invest in Palestinians in all of historic Palestine – Sanction Now!" .

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American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Bahour is an American businessman and entrepreneur.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

American businessman and entrepreneur Sam Bahour is an American businessman and entrepreneur of Palestinian descent.

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