Ahmed Beshtawi is a researcher and an academic at An-Najah National University. He has received his PhD in International Llaw from the Univeristy of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His PhD examined the role of international law in countering Israel's hydro-hegemony over water resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Ahmed has recived his Master degree in private law from An-najah National University and his master dissertation focused on the licenicng contract to expliot patents. Prior joining An-Najah National University, Ahmed has worked as a legal advisor in the Palestinian Water Authority. Further, he has joined the Palestinian Bar Association and worked as an independet lawyer as well as in some legal firms. Ahmed's reserach interests include: international humanitarian law, internatioal human rights law, natural resoruces law, international water law and international relations.