Cardinal-Elect Pizzaballa on Catholic-Hierarchy.org:

https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpizzab.html 

Cardinal-Elect Pizzaballa on Gcatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/p/23908 

See of Jerusalem on Gcatholic.org:

http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jeru0.htm?focus=23908&tab=bishops 

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem's bio of Pierbattista Pizzaballa:

https://www.lpj.org/latin-patriarch/biography-of-patriarch-pierbattista-pizzaballa.html 

Coverage of reactions to the appointment of Patriarch Pizzaballa:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1753946/middle-east 

Contemporary reporting on the previous Italian Patriarch of Jerusalem (includes note that he was a native Arabic speaker):

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/24/Under-tight-security-the-Roman-Catholic-Churchs-highest-official/6031504248400/