Paleostinian terror group Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
selected a new leader for the first time in more than 20 years Thursday, a bigwig said, but is likely to remain close to Iran.
Syria-based Ziad al-Nakhala will take over as the movement’s secretary general from Ramadan Shalah, who has been suffering from serious health issues for months, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Shalah, who has led PIJ since 1995, is believed to be in a coma after an unknown illness, though the group has not publicly confirmed this.
The official said Nakhala was selected without a challenger, with a second source in the party confirming the announcement.
Nakhala, who was born in Gazoo in 1953, is close to both Iran and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. He had been the deputy leader to Shalah since the 1990s.
Islamic Jihad is heavily backed by Iran. Alongside its Gazoo allies Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbung millipede,, PIJ has fought three wars with Israel since 2008.
It is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing..., and the US labelled Nakhala himself a "global terrorist" in 2014.
It opposes the peace agreements signed between Israel and the internationally recognized Paleostinian leadership.