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With Gaza in ruins, Hamas faces Palestinian elections as rulers, not resistors
[IsraelTimes] Terror group in uphill battle as it seeks to justify its 13 years in power while its leaders live lives of apparent luxury abroad having fled impoverished Strip.Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, leader Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... famously pledged to live on "zeit wa zaatar"— olive oil and dried herbs — after he led the Islamic terror group to victory on a message of armed struggle and austerity during 2006 Paleostinian elections. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-07 |
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