Last updated on:
9/21/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Ismail Haniya Biography
- Title:
- Hamas Party Leader, selected as Palestinian Prime Minister (disputed)
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“If Israel withdraws to the ’67 borders, then we will establish a peace in stages…Number one, we will establish a situation of stability and calm which will bring safety for our people -- what (Hamas founder) Sheikh (Ahmed) Yassin called a long-term hudna (truce)…If Israel declares that it will give the Palestinian people a state and give them back all their rights, then we are ready to recognise them.”
Ismail Haniya in the The Washington Post, Feb. 26, 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Hamas government was disbanded by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas’s June 2006 violent takeover of Gaza
- Hamas formally nominates Haniya for Palestinian Prime Minister after victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council, 2006
- Nominated as Palestinian Prime Minister, Feb. 2006
- Selected to head the Hamas party in the Palestinian elections, Dec. 2005
- After Sheikh Yassin’s assasination, Haniya assumes a top leadership role in Hamas, 2004
- Assistant to Sheikh Ahmad Yassin (Hamas’ spiritual leader), 1997
- Appointed Dean of the Islamic University, 1993
- Deported to southern Lebanon along with 400 other Hamas activists, 1992
- Jailed by Israeli government for role in the first intifada (uprising), 1989-1992
- Joined the Islamic Student Bloc (precursor to Hamas) at the Islamic University of Gaza, 1983
- Education:
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- BA, Arabic Literature, Islamic University of Gaza, 1987
- Other:
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