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Politicians connected to Palestine through party membership and office-holding in the PoliticaHub knowledge graph.
Political leader of Hamas from 2017 until his assassination in Tehran on July 31, 2024, attributed to Israel. Haniyeh served as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2006 to 2007 following Hamas's election victory before the Gaza takeover. He led Hamas's political bureau from Doha and was a central figure in ceasefire negotiations during the Gaza war.
President of the Palestinian Authority since 2005 and the aging leader of Fatah's West Bank-based governing apparatus. Abbas built his career through diplomacy, negotiations, and the Oslo framework rather than armed struggle, but his legitimacy has eroded after years without elections, entrenched corruption, and the Palestinian Authority's limited ability to protect Palestinians on the ground. His unresolved succession has become one of the central political questions in Palestinian politics.
