Draft:Khaled Mashal
Template:جعبه اطلاعات شخصیت Khaled Mashal was the head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. He migrated to Kuwait with his family and lived there at a higher economic level, completing his middle and high school education there, and remained there until the Persian Gulf War (1990 AD). He joined the Muslim Brotherhood movement, the so-called "Palestinian wing," and then completed his university studies, obtaining a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Kuwait. In 2004 AD, following the assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, he was chosen as the leader of Hamas.
Biography
He was born in 1956 AD in the village of "Salwad", Ramallah district, Palestine, and completed his primary education there until 1967 AD. He completed his primary education in Salwad and his middle, high school, and university education in Kuwait. In 1967 AD, he departed for Kuwait, where he took on the leadership of the Islamic-Palestinian Society at the University of Kuwait and participated in establishing the coalition of the Islamic Movement, which competed with the Fatah movement in taking control of the leadership of the General Union of Palestinian Students in Kuwait. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Kuwait. In 1981 AD, he married and has seven children, three daughters and four sons. During his stay in Kuwait, in addition to serving the cause of Palestine, he also taught physics.
This golden period greatly helped shape his personality and the growth and flourishing of his knowledge. He held the leadership of the Islamic Movement of Palestine at the University of Kuwait and played a role in establishing the Islamic Al-Haq bloc, which became known as the "Islamic Union".
Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas
He is considered one of the founders of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. Since the establishment of the Hamas movement, he has been a member of its Political Bureau, and in 1996 AD, he was elected as the head of this bureau. On September 25, 1997, in the capital of Jordan, he was the target of a terrorist operation by Mossad, which failed following the pursuit and arrest of Mossad agents by Khaled Mashal's guards. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was also released as a result of the failure of this operation. Jordanian officials later freed the Mossad agents in exchange for the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel prisons. In 2004 AD, following the assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, he was chosen as the leader of Hamas.
Avri Dichter, former head of Shin Bet, in an interview with Galgalatz Radio, stated that Israel would bring Khaled Mashal, the "political leader" of the Hamas movement, to justice for his actions at the earliest opportunity. In 2015 AD, he traveled to Saudi Arabia with a delegation of Hamas leaders, and during a meeting with the King and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its positive stance on the Palestinian cause.
Devotion to Martyr Qasem Soleimani
Following rumors of his opposition regarding the presence of Ismail Haniyeh at the funeral of Martyr Soleimani, the Al-Akhbar newspaper Lebanon added; not only was he not opposed to participating in the funeral of Soleimani, but he considered the trip of the Hamas delegation to Tehran and participation in the funeral of Qasem Soleimani very important.
Attempt to Assassinate Him
He was targeted on September 25, 1997, by Mossad of Israel with the direct order of Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, and the Israeli security apparatus affiliated with the Prime Minister. 10 members of the Israeli Mossad entered Jordan with fake Canadian passports, where at that time Khaled Mashal, who held Jordanian citizenship, was residing, and injected him with a toxic substance on Wafi al-Tal street in Amman. Jordanian officials discovered this assassination attempt and arrested two Mossad agents who participated in the assassination. The King of Jordan, King Hussein, requested the Prime Minister of Israel to send the anti-poison vaccine (antidote) that had been injected into Khaled Mashal; which Netanyahu rejected King Hussein’s request. The assassination attempt on Khaled Mashal took on a political dimension and Bill Clinton, President of the United States, intervened and forced Netanyahu to provide the antidote used. Netanyahu ultimately succumbed to Clinton’s pressure and provided the antidote. Bill Clinton, President of the United States, described the Prime Minister of Israel as follows: "I cannot deal with this man, it is impossible."
Political relations
- In August 1999, and apparently as a result of pressure from the United States government, Jordanian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Khaled Mashal, and the date of the warrant's issuance coincided with the arrival of the United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.
- In October 2002, Khaled Mashal met with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on the sidelines of the World Muslim Youth Conference. No statement was issued by Hamas or Saudi Arabia regarding the results of this meeting, but Palestinian documents seized by Israeli forces, who claimed they belonged to Hamas, described the meeting between Prince Abdullah and him as excellent.
- He criticized the Palestinian Authority and its former president, Yasser Arafat, for failing to uphold the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters, citing Israel's lack of compliance with ceasefire agreements.
- On March 23, 2004, Hamas introduced him as the movement's leader and successor to its founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, following Yassin's assassination by Israel, in accordance with the movement's internal regulations.
- On January 29, 2006, following Hamas's victory with a majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament, which qualified Hamas to form the Palestinian government, he delivered a speech from Damascus, the capital of Syria, calling for the formation of a national army to defend Palestine and the Palestinians, similar to other armies. In March of the same year, Moscow invited him to persuade him to lay down the weapons of resistance, turn Hamas into a political party, and recognize Israel, but Russia's effort failed.
See also
References
- See: Khaled Mashal entry in Ikhwan Wiki; ikhwanwiki.com..