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{{short description|Palestinian physician and politician(born 1963)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Basem Naim
| image =
| birth_place = [[Beit Hanoun]], [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]
| nationality = Palestinian
| known_for = Minister in the Hamas government
| birth_date = 1963
}}
'''Basem Naim''' (born 1963) is a Palestinian physician and politician and a member of [[Hamas]]. Naim served as Minister of Youth and Sports in the [[Palestinian National Unity Government of March 2007]]. After the [[Battle of Gaza (2007)|Battle of Gaza]] and the dissolution of the unity government on June 14, 2007, by Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]], Naim became [[Health Minister of the Gaza Strip]]. He stepped down in 2012 and became the head of the Council on International Relations in Gaza.<ref name="USA">{{cite book|author=IBP USA|title=Palestine Business Intelligence Report Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jm2yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4387-3748-5|pages=24–}}</ref>

Naim holds a degree in medicine from [[Germany]] and a PhD in surgery. He has worked at the [[al-Shifa Hospital]] in [[Gaza City]]. His eldest son was a member of the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]] and was killed at the age of 17 during an Israeli incursion in [[Shuja'iyya]].<ref name = "jmcc">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmcc.org/people.aspx?idd=4163&pch=B|title=JMCC - Basem Naim}}</ref><ref name="USA"/>

Naim has a large following on social media where he often posts anti-Israel and pro-BDS messages.<ref name="Ynet2019">{{cite news | author=Ynet | title=In rare move, Hamas condemns Germany synagogue attack | website=ynetnews | date=Oct 11, 2019 | url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5605429,00.html | access-date=Aug 12, 2020}}</ref> Naim has several times condemned terror attacks against Jews.<ref name="Levy 2018">{{cite news | last=Levy | first=Elior | title=Hamas official condemns Pittsburgh attack: 'proves that terror has no religion'. | website=ynetnews | date=Oct 28, 2018 | url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5382254,00.html | access-date=Aug 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ynet2019"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://coir.ps/en/news/ Council on International Relations - Palestine]
* [https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/americas-empty-words-will-not-guarantee-solution-palestine America's empty words will not guarantee a solution in Palestine], March 21, 2018. Basem Naim. [[Middle East Eye]].
* [https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-nyt-got-it-wrong-about-razzan-al-najjar-and-great-march-return How NYT got it wrong about Razzan al-Najjar and the Great March of Return], January 17, 2019. Basem Naim. [[Middle East Eye]].
* [https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-fallout-how-greenblatt-aims-turn-victim-executioner Gaza and Hamas: How Jason Greenblatt aims to turn the victim into executioner], May 7, 2019. Basem Naim. [[Middle East Eye]].

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