Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
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Abdel-Fattah smoke was born in 1936. one of the founders of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and Rafiq Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Sheikh (Hammad Favors) and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, a Palestinian deportees to Marj al-flowers, belongs to the Central District in Gaza where he lives in Nuseirat refugee camp.
Achievements and Awards
Head of al-Salah Islamic Society
Long-time member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Oldest member of parliament
Considered one of Hamas' main leaders
1992 Deported to Lebanon
Lost a son in the first Intifada
Son Zayan was killed by Israeli army while reportedly planting bombs along the border fence in the Gaza Strip in February 2006
Drafted Hamas charter
Appointed leader by the Sheikh Yassin
Notable Quotations:
"[The truce] is temporary. It's not the long-term dream. The strategic goal is the liberation of
Palestine from the occupation, within its historic borders."
--New York Times, August 2005
The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 issued by the US Congress “does not have legal
grounds in the humanitarian international law and does not recognize people's right to realize
self-determination and resist occupation.”
Wafa website, Gaza, June 1, 2006
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