• Director of the Palestine Children's Welfare Fund
• "In our opinion, [the Jews] arrived illegally and will be deported to their nation of origin…sooner or later."
• Found drowned in April 2008

Riad Hamad was the director of The Palestine Children's Welfare Fund (PCWF). Hamad said, "Britain allowed several hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to land in Palestine, despite the opposition of the original inhabitants. In our opinion, [the Jews] arrived illegally and will be deported to their nation of origin…sooner or later." He also suggested that it is a misconception to assume "that most of us Arabs recognize the right of Israel to exist."

The FBI investigated Hamad on a number of occasions. His resume included being fired from Austin Community College for allegedly "making racist slurs and sexist jokes in the classroom." In Hamad's version of the event, however, he explained that he was in fact fired for "making statements against the U.S. government." Hamad thereafter went on to teach at a different school, in his words, "till I get fired again."

On April 16, 2008, his bound body was found in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. It was believed he committed suicide.