Middle East Near You The glass ceiling has been broken by the election of two women to the Hamas leadership
Hamas sets up elections committee in Gaza, 16 December 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] March 17, 2021 at 12:46 pm
The results of the recent elections within Hamas in the Gaza Strip are significant because, for the first time since it was founded in 1987, two women have joined the movement s political bureau. This development has captured the attention of the Palestinian, Arab and international community, as it dispels the stereotype promoted by Israeli propaganda that Hamas is a dark religious movement that excludes women and does not give them the status they deserve.