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Khaled Mashaal speaks in Doha, Qatar, August 28, 2014. (AP/Osama Faisal/File) The last Hamas internal vote was conducted in 2017. Haniyeh took the top spot at the time, replacing Mashaal, who had held the post since 1996. Haniyeh had previously served as Hamas’s Gaza chief. The announcement that Mashaal is to serve as Hamas’s second-in-command, and as head of its diaspora division, makes it more likely that Haniyeh with no obvious challenger in sight will serve another four-year term as chief of the organization’s political bureau. Unlike Fatah elections, which are festive events, drawing large crowds to public polling places, the Hamas vote is held in secret. The full results are expected to be released later in April. ....
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. ....
Hamas presents new leadership including a woman for the first time Jamila Shanti formerly served as a minister and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council; the new Shura Council, Hamas’ supreme advisory council is instrumental in determining Hamas’ policies, it convened Sunday for its first meeting TPS | Published: 03.16.21 , 07:41 In a rare move, the Hamas terror group in Gaza, publicly exposed the composition of the recently-elected Shura Council and members of the organization’s political bureau in the Gaza Strip that includes a woman for the first time in the organization s history. Jamila Shanti formerly served as a minister and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. ....
Hamas announced March 14 appointing a woman as a member in its political bureau for the first time since its establishment in 1987, in an attempt to improve its image to the world and deny the patriarchal aspect of its leadership structure. ....
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