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'''Fathi Ahmad Hamad''' ({{lang-ar|فتحي أحمد حماد}}, also spelled '''Fathi Hammad''') (born 3 January 1961, [[Beit Lahia]], northern [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]) is a political leader of [[Hamas]], a member of the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.webgaza.net/gaza_strip/north_gaza/people_profiles/Hammad_Fathi.htm|title=Fathi Hammad - Who is Fathi Ahmad Hammad?|website=www.webgaza.net}}</ref> In April 2009, he was appointed [[Interior Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Interior Minister]] in the Hamas administered [[Gaza Strip]], replacing [[Said Seyam]] who had been assassinated by [[Israel]] during the 2008-09 [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]].<ref name="palpress">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014609/http://www.palpress.ps/english/print.php?ChannelID=18033 ''Hamas officially announces Fathi Hamad new Interior Minister'']. Palestinian Press, 27 April 2009</ref><ref name=maan_approved>[http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=514753 ''New Hamas cabinet approved by lawmakers'']. Ma'an, 27 August 2012</ref> He ceased being Interior Minister in June 2014 on the formation of the [[Palestinian Unity Government of June 2014|Fatah-Hamas unity government]].

In September 2016, Hamad was designated a [[terrorist]] by the US [[United States Department of State|State Department]] and added to its global terrorist list, meaning that US citizens and companies are banned from doing business with him, and any property he holds in areas under US jurisdiction are frozen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/blacklisted-hamas-official-us-shows-total-bias-for-israel/|title=Blacklisted Hamas official: US shows 'total bias' for Israel|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-designates-senior-hamas-official-a-global-terrorist/|title=US designates senior Hamas official a 'global terrorist'|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Hamad became a [[Hamas]]-affiliated member of the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]] in 2006, representing his home town of [[Beit Lahia]] in northern Gaza. He also leads the Hamas Public Affairs Department and the chairman of al-Ribat Communications and Artistic Productions<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/al_quds_tv.htm |title=Hamas Expands Reach Through Media |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001824/http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/al_quds_tv.htm |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> - a Hamas-run company which produces Hamas's radio station, [[Voice of al-Aqsa]], its television station, [[Al-Aqsa TV]] and its bi-weekly newspaper, ''The Message''.<ref name="palpress" /><ref name="guardian_johnson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/may/15/hamasandantisemitism|title=Hamas and antisemitism|last=Johnson|first=Alan|date=2008-05-15|work=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref>

In 1983, Hammad joined the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]. He is the Founder and Vice President of Dar Al Quran.<ref name="bio"/>

In November 2009, Waad, a Gaza charity headed by Hamad, offered a $1.4 million [[bounty (reward)|bounty]] to any [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab citizen of Israel]] who [[Kidnapping|abducts]] an Israeli soldier. While Palestinian militant groups have frequently called on Arab-Israelis to capture soldiers, this marked the first time money had been offered.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamas-linked group offers cash reward for capture of IDF soldiers |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Haaretz |date=20 November 2009 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1129188.html}}</ref>

A speech made by Hamad, broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV in February 2008, has been used as evidence by Israel and others that Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups make use of [[human shields]].<ref name="mfa">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Hamas+war+against+Israel/Video_civilians_military_goals_Jan+2009.htm |title=Video: Hamas uses civilians as a means to achieving military goals |author= |date=11 January 2009 |publisher=Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=28 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Landes |first1=Richard |date=December 2009 |title=Goldstone's Gaza Report: Part One: A Failure of Intelligence |journal=Middle East Review of International Affairs |publisher=Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA) |volume=13 |issue=4 |url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2009/12/landes1.html#_edn21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413232650/http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2009/12/landes1.html#_edn21 |archivedate=13 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1304 |title=Eye-witnesses: Hamas used human shields in Gaza war |author=Itamar Marcus, Barbara Crook and Nan Jacques Zilberdik |date=16 September 2009 |publisher=Palestinian Media Watch |accessdate=28 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/09/un-investigation-of-israel-discredits-itself-and-undercuts-human-rights.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801210525/http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/09/un-investigation-of-israel-discredits-itself-and-undercuts-human-rights.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2012 |title=UN Investigation of Israel Discredits Itself and Undercuts Human Rights |author=Alan M. Dershowitz |date=16 September 2009 |work=Hudson New York |publisher=Hudson Institute |accessdate=28 April 2010 }}</ref> In an interview which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on 14 December 2010 (as translated by [[MEMRI]]), Hamad stated that Hamas receives support.<ref>[http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2734.htm Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad: The Americans and the Jews Are Abhorred Worldwide; The Americans Are Led by the Jews, "Outcasts Who Live Off Corruption and Plundering"], MEMRITV, 14 December 2010, Clip No. 2734.</ref>

In a speech broadcast on [[Egypt]]ian Al-Helma TV on 23 March 2012, Hamad condemned Egypt over the fuel shortage in the Gaza Strip, and stated, "Half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis."<ref>Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad Slams Egypt over Fuel Shortage in Gaza Strip, and Says: "Half of the Palestinians Are Egyptians and the Other Half Are Saudis," Memritv Clip 3389, http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3389.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAfENxzv2mc
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In March 2018, it was reported that Hamad is a senior Hamas official who opposes [[Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process|reconciliation with Fatah]], and urges a resumption of war against Israel. He has been implicated in the assassination attempt on prime minister [[Rami Hamdallah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-condemns-murderous-terror-attack-on-pa-convoy/|title=Abbas condemns 'murderous terror attack' on PA convoy|first=Khaled Abu|last=Toameh|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/something-is-rotten-in-the-kingdom-of-hamas/|title=Something is rotten in the terrorist kingdom of Hamas|first=Avi|last=Issacharoff|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref>

In July 2019, Hamad urged members of the [[Palestinian diaspora]] to kill "Jews everywhere". His comments were characterized as [[incitement to genocide]] by [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Guardian, Independent and Telegraph ignore Hamas official's call for genocide > CAMERA UK |url=https://camera-uk.org/2019/07/16/guardian-independent-and-telegraph-ignore-hamas-officials-call-for-genocide/ |accessdate=10 May 2020 |work=CAMERA UK |date=16 July 2019}}</ref> and the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]].<ref name=Wiesenthal>{{cite news |title='A Fatwa for Genocide' – Wiesenthal center slams Hamas charter |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/a-fatwa-for-genocide-wiesenthal-center-slams-hamas-charter-595634 |accessdate=10 May 2020 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=14 July 2019 |quote=The Simon Wiesenthal Center slammed Hamas in a press release on Sunday, pointing out that the terrorist group's charter contains "a Fatwa for genocide" and the statement by senior Hamas official Fathi Hammad, who called on Palestinians living around the world to "go out and slaughter and kill Jews."}}</ref> His rhetoric was widely condemned by other Palestinians and he later stated that he supports the Hamas policy of only targeting Jews in Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasgon |first1=Adam |title=Hamas official walks back call to Palestinian Diaspora to kill 'Jews everywhere' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-distances-itself-from-official-who-urged-murder-of-jews-everywhere/ |accessdate=16 July 2019 |work=Times of Israel|quote=But our brothers [in the diaspora] are still preparing. They are trying to prepare. They are warming up. A long time has passed with them warming up. All of you 7 million Palestinians abroad, enough of the warming up. You have Jews everywhere and we must attack every Jew on the globe by way of slaughter and killing, if God permits. Enough of the warming up}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hamas official calls on Palestinians abroad to kill Jews |url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/hamas-official-calls-on-palestinians-abroad-to-kill-jews |accessdate=16 July 2019 |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}</ref>

==Personal==
Hamad's ill three-year-old daughter was sent to [[Jordan]] for medical treatment through the Israeli-controlled [[Erez Crossing]]. For initial medical treatment, she was first sent to [[Barzilai Hospital]] in the southern Israeli city of [[Ashkelon]]. Her subsequent transfer to Jordan was authorized by then Israeli defense minister [[Ehud Barak]] and the then IDF Chief of General Staff [[Gabi Ashkenazi]], at the request of the Jordanian king [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ipc_e082.htm |title=News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 22-27, 2010) |date=28 April 2010 |publisher=Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center |accessdate=28 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502022655/http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ipc_e082.htm |archivedate=2 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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