Background
Naaman was born April 2, 1942, in Sidon, Lebanon.
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Issam Naaman
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In 1984, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy in public law from Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California.
Career
He earned a Bachelor in public administration in 1958, and an Master of Arts in political science in 1965, both from American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his Licence en droit (Bachelor of Law) in 1960, and an Master of Arts in public law in 1979, both from Lebanese University. Naaman has been an Attorney-at-Law since 1963.
From 1978 to 1988 he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Information, Lebanese University.
In 1992, he was elected to the Lebanese Parliament, and served until he was defeated in the 1996 elections. He served as Minister of Telecommunications in Prime Minister Salim Hoss"s cabinet from 1998 to 2000.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Naaman wrote in newspaper First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Quds First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Arabi, published in London on 22 April 1998:
Israel prospers and exists by right of the Holocaust lie and the Israeli government"s policy of intentional exaggeration…the glue which holds the Jews together is the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust and the thousands of Jews who were destroyed in lieutenant
Membership
From 1975 to 1982, he was a member of the leadership of the Lebanese National Movement. In 2005, he became a member of the "Third Force Movement".
