Fathi Ahmad Hamad is a Palestinian politician and member of the Hamas political bureau.
15 Facts About Fathi Hamad
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Fathi Hamad was Interior Minister in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip from 2009 to 2014.
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Fathi Hamad is the founder and Vice President of Dar Al Quran.
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Fathi Hamad was arrested three times by the Palestinian Authority and spent 2 years in Palestinian jails.
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Fathi Hamad leads the Hamas Public Affairs Department and the chairman of al-Ribat Communications and Artistic Productions - a Hamas-run company which produces Hamas's radio station, Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, its television station, Al-Aqsa TV and its bi-weekly newspaper, The Message.
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Fathi Hamad ceased being Interior Minister in June 2014 on the formation of the Fatah-Hamas unity government.
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In November 2009, Waad, a Gaza charity headed by Fathi Hamad, offered a $1.4 million bounty to any Arab citizen of Israel who abducts an Israeli soldier.
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Fathi Hamad provides funding and military instruction to the West Bank branch of Hamas, founded by prisoners released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.
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Fathi Hamad is viewed in Gaza as a powerful, but extreme, loose cannon, who operates independently of and kept at arm's length by Hamas.
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Fathi Hamad is well known as one of the most radical figures in Hamas.
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Fathi Hamad was a central figure opposing reconciliation with the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority.
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In March 2018, it was reported that Fathi Hamad is a senior Hamas official who opposes reconciliation with Fatah, and urges a resumption of war against Israel.
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Fathi Hamad has been implicated in the assassination attempt on prime minister Rami Hamdallah.
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In July 2019, Fathi Hamad urged members of the Palestinian diaspora to kill "Jews everywhere".
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Fathi Hamad's comments were characterized as incitement to genocide by Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.