19 Mar 2024
Sunday 7 May 2017 - 09:27
Story Code : 259864

Hamas political chief Meshaal announces Haniya as successor

Tasnim - Khaled Meshaal, the head of Palestinian Hamas movement, announced that Ismail Haniya, the president of the political bureau of the movement, was elected as his successor.





"I would liketo announce that this new council has elected Abu al-Abed, my brother Ismail Haniya, the president ofthe political bureau ofthe movement," Meshaa told Al Jazeera news outlet.

"The new leadership will announce any other names inthe appropriate time. The movement blesses this election which came ina consultative, democratic way that is homogenous withthe lists and that shows the unity ofthe movement."

Meshaal, who now lives inan exile inthe Qatari capital ofDoha, has been running the Hamas political wing forthe maximum two terms inoffice, Sputnik reported.

It comes several days afterthe Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, issued a new policy document, announcing forfirst time that it would accept the creation ofthe Palestinian state withinthe borders preceding the Six-Day War.

The document, however, stressed that it would not recognize Israel.

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