GAZA, Apr 13 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said, its former politburo chief, Khaled Meshaal, was elected to be the head of the movement’s overseas bureau.
The movement said that, during the past two months, Hamas was able to hold its internal elections, where Khaled Meshaal was elected as the head of the movement’s office in the diaspora.
Although the power of Hamas is based in the Gaza Strip, it has supporters and followers in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and other countries in the Middle East.
The statement said, Moussa Abu Marzouk was elected as Meshaal’s deputy, adding, new members of the Shura Council or the parliament of Hamas movement, were also elected during the past two months.
Meshaal, 64, who survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Jordan, in 1997, was Hamas politburo chief until 2017, when Ismail Haniyeh, 58, was elected as the new chief of the movement until now.
Palestinian sources close to Hamas said that, the movement will end its internal elections in the Palestinian territories and abroad, by electing a new politburo chief during Apr.
On Mar 10, the movement elected Yehya Sinwar to be the Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip.
The Islamic movement, which was founded in Dec, 1987, has been in control of the besieged enclave since 2007.
Hamas’ internal elections take place every four years. The election process spans a number of months and involves the movement’s various local politburos, representing Hamas members in Gaza, the West Bank, the diaspora, as well as, in Israeli prisons.
The process of Hamas’ internal elections is underground. At the end of the elections, the movement unveils the new central politburo chief and the central politburo members.– NNN-WAFA
