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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس (Arabic) Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās Emblem of Hamas Flag of Hamas Mashal Al-Hayya Jabarin Darwish Unknown Incumbent Temporary committee leadership Acting since 16 October 2024 Type ...
The incumbent prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, who assumed office on 29 December 2022. He also held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Having served for more than 17 years, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.
In an interview with Politico in 2023, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that "In the last 15 years, Israel did everything to downgrade the Palestinian Authority and to boost Hamas." He continued saying "Gaza was on the brink of collapse because they had no resources, they had no money, and the PA refused to give Hamas any money.
Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip in Palestine since its takeover of the territory from the rival Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority (PA) on 14 June 2007. [5] [6] [7] The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Haniyeh from June 2007 until February 2017; then by Yahya Sinwar until his killing in October 2024; and since then by Mohammed Sinwar.
Israel has entered the “second stage” of its war on Hamas, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, with an extended ground operation inside Gaza involving tanks and troops. That is backed ...
The phrase "Hamas is ISIS" was first used by the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu near the end of the 2014 Gaza War. [96] Israeli journalists criticized the comparison and his sharing of real ISIS propaganda in social media posts, including photos of James Foley from an ISIS beheading video .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released him in 2011 along with about 1,000 other prisoners in exchange for Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ismail Haniyeh إسماعيل هنية Haniyeh in 2020 3rd Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau In office 6 May 2017 – 31 July 2024 Deputy Saleh al-Arouri Preceded by Khaled Mashal Succeeded by Khaled Mashal (acting) Yahya Sinwar Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau In office 4 April ...