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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.
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Government under Abbas and Fattah
Leader of Hamas in Gaza and the principal architect of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Sinwar was released in 2011 as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange after serving 22 years in Israeli prison. He became the most powerful Hamas figure in Gaza and was killed by Israeli forces in Rafah on October 16, 2024. He was succeeded as Hamas political chief by Mohammad Sinwar.
Palestinian political leader (1929–2004) who founded Fatah, chaired the Palestine Liberation Organization for decades, and co-signed the Oslo Accords with Israel in 1993. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize that year but died without achieving a Palestinian state, having rejected the final Camp David offer in 2000.
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