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Ahmad Yasin
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and de facto leader of Hamas since its inception from December 1987 until his assassination in March 2004.
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politics · Palestinian political and religious leader (1936–2004) · activist · politician · cleric · teacher · preacher · also Ahmad Yasin, Ahmed Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin, Ahmad Ismail Hasan Yasin, Yasin
Born 1 May 1937 · Died 22 March 2004 · Q188653
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2004· 3 entries
Died 2004-03-22.
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“Assassination of Sheik Yasin Opened Pandora's box”
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Was killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at him as he was being wheeled from Fajr prayer in Gaza City
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2003· 1 entry
“Israel is targeting Palestinian civilians, so Israeli civilians should be targeted. From now on, all Israeli people are targets.”
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1999· 1 entry
In an interview with an Egyptian newspaper, he again offered a truce:
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1997· 3 entries
Yassin proposed a halt of attacks on Israel, if Israel withdrew from the West Bank and Gaza
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Proposed a ten-year truce in exchange for total Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza and a stop to Israeli attacks on civilians
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Yassin was released from Israeli prison as part of an arrangement with Jordan following a failed assassination attempt of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal by the Israeli Mossad in Jordan
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1989· 1 entry
Yassin was arrested by Israel and sentenced to life imprisonment for ordering killings of alleged Palestinian collaborators
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1987· 2 entries
During the First Intifada, Yassin co-founded Hamas with Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, originally calling it the "paramilitary wing" of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood, and becoming its spiritual leader
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Yassin served as the spiritual leader of Hamas
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1984· 1 entry
And others were jailed for secretly stockpiling weapons, but in 1985 he was released as part of the Jibril Agreement
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1973· 1 entry
The Islamic charity Mujama al-Islamiya was established in Gaza by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and the organization was recognized by Israel in 1979
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-05-01.
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