February 24, 2021 at 12:30 pm
On Tuesday, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced that it has carried out the first stage of its internal elections, choosing Local Shura Councils in a democratic and fair process. The movement is now choosing members of the General Shura Council which appoints the members and head of the political bureau. The election process took place in a positive, democratic, transparent and fair atmosphere overseen by the Hamas central election commission, as per the movement s internal regulations, said an official statement. Throughout its history, the movement has been holding internal elections to choose its leadership on a regular basis.
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Palestinian factions have agreed to form a unity coalition government after the upcoming general elections, according to a senior official of the ruling Fatah party.Jibril Rajoub, Secretary-General of the Fatah Central Committee, told reporters .
Hamas mourns one of its founders February 12, 2021 at 3:37 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Dr Ibrahim Fares Al-Yazouri, a founder of Hamas [Motasem A Dalloul] February 12, 2021 at 3:37 pm
One of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement passed away on Thursday evening. Ibrahim Al-Yazouri was 80, and died after a long illness.
Al-Yazouri and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded Hamas in December 1987. In the following year, the Israeli occupation forces arrested all of the founders of the movement, except for Sheikh Yassin. When Sheikh Yassin was assassinated by Israel on 22 March, 2004, Al-Yazouri s son, Moamen, was also martyred.
Ibrahim Fares Al-Yazouri was born in the village of Bayt Daras in 1941, seven years before the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel was created in occupied Palestine. He studied the first grade of primary school in the village and then dropped out of school due to the 1948 war. Bayt Daras was located 32 kilometres nort