Ismail Haniyeh

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Ismail Haniyeh is a Palestinian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of the State of Palestine in Gaza Strip since 2007. He was born in 1961 in Al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and studied finance in Egypt before becoming an active member of the Hamas movement. Haniyeh has been a controversial figure in Israeli-Palestinian politics due to his support for armed resistance against Israel.


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Ismail Haniyeh

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A Palestinian politician who is the Prime Minister of the State of Palestine and a senior political leader of Hamas, the current chairman of Hamas’s political bureau

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