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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook<br/>{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|موسى محمد أبو مرزوق}}}}
| image = Abu Marzook.JPG
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|1|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rafah]], [[Gaza Strip]]
| party = [[Hamas]]<br/>[[Islamic Association of Palestine]]
| residence = [[New Cairo]], [[Egypt]]{{sfn|The Forward|2012}}
| alma_mater = [[Ain Shams University]]<br/>[[Colorado State University]]<br/>[[Louisiana Tech University]]
| profession = [[Engineer]]
| office1 = Deputy Chairman of the [[Hamas|Hamas Political Bureau]]
| term_start1 = 15 January 1997
| term_end1 = 23 January 2014
| vicepresident1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
}}
'''Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook''' ({{lang-ar|موسى محمد أبو مرزوق}}; born 9 January 1951) is a Palestinian senior member of [[Hamas]].

==Early life and education==
Marzook's parents were from [[Yibna]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] (now [[Yavne]], Israel).<ref name=ynet>{{cite news|title=Senior Hamas leader: Israel exists|newspaper=Ynet|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3218829,00.html|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> They became refugees after the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] and were forced to move to the Rafah camp in the Gaza Strip.<ref name=ynet/> Marzook was born there on 9 January 1951.<ref name=ynet/> He completed high school in Gaza, studied engineering in Cairo until 1976, and then looked for work in the Persian Gulf.<ref name=ynet/> He continued his studies in the U.S. obtaining a master's degree in construction management from [[Colorado State University]] and a doctorate in industrial engineering from [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]].<ref name=ynet/><ref name=f-int>{{cite news|title=Hamas Wouldn't Honor a Treaty, Top Leader Says|url=http://forward.com/articles/155054/hamas-wouldn-t-honor-a-treaty-top-leader-says/?p=all|newspaper=The Forward|date=19 April 2012|author=Larry Cohler-Esses}}</ref>

==Hamas involvement==
Marzook has been active in the Islamic political work since 1968, Marzook played a significant role in reorganizing Hamas after the [[mass arrest]] of its members in 1989. Israeli journalist Shlomi Eldar credits Abu Marzook's fundraising prowess, and his connections to donors in Europe and the US with saving the organization and developing its infrastructure in Gaza, including social service programs. Israel claims that some funds were used for attacks against Israel, a charge that Abu Marzouk denies.<ref name=f-int/> Abu Marzook was elected as the first Hamas political bureau chief in 1992, and since 1997 has been deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207213427/http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=d15W39 Profile on Islam Online website]</ref> Marzook founded the [[Islamic Association of Palestine]].<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/~banking/_files/emerson.pdf United States Senate official website]</ref>

===Exile===
Marzook lived in [[Jordan]] from 1998 to 2001.<ref name=baghdadi>{{cite news|last=Baghdadi|first=George|title=Hamas is Still Defiant|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,187759,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204101047/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,187759,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|access-date=17 November 2012|newspaper=Time|date=10 December 2001|location=Damascus}}</ref> He then moved to [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] in 2001.<ref name=baghdadi/> As of 2012, Marzook lives in [[New Cairo]], [[Egypt]].{{sfn|The Forward|2012}}

==Arrest==
In the mid-1990s Marzook was arrested in [[JFK airport]] in the US, although no formal charges placed against him. Two months after his detainment, Israel filed a request for the United States to extradite him. Represented by [[Stanley Cohen (attorney)|Stanley L. Cohen]],<ref>[http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/04/20/hamas-politicial-chief-has-jewish-lawyer/ "Hamas’ Political Chief Has Jewish Lawyer."] ''Algemeiner''. 20 April 2012. 29 April 2012.</ref> he spent the following 2 years fighting his case in the court system, but the final decision was for his extradition, after which Israel dropped its extradition request. With no formal charges against him the United States released him, but not wanting him to remain, the United States contacted numerous Arab countries to allow Marzook residency. All refused, except [[Jordan]], which reportedly agreed under U.S. pressure. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Cohen continues to legally represent Marzook.{{sfn|The Forward|2012}}

==Criminal charges in the US==
Marzook was listed as a [[Specially Designated Terrorist]] by the [[U.S. Treasury Department]] in 1995, and is currently on the renamed Treasury department [[Specially Designated Terrorist|Specially Designated National]] list under such alternative spellings of his name as Dr. Musa Abu-Marzuq, Sa'id Abu-Marzuq, Mousa Mohamed Abou Marzook, Musa Abu Marzouk, and Musa Abu Marzuk, and under the alias "Abu-'Umar."<ref>[SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND BLOCKED PERSONS {{cite web |url=http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810011640/http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2013}} OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, 4 April 2011]</ref>

In 2002, a federal [[grand jury]] in Dallas returned an [[indictment]] against Marzook for conspiring to violate U.S. laws that prohibit dealings in terrorist funds. The indictment alleged that Marzook had conspired with the [[Richardson, Texas]]-based [[InfoCom Corporation]] and five of its employees to hide his financial transactions with the computer company. He allegedly invested $250,000 in InfoCom, with Infocom to make payments to Marzook based on the company's net profits or losses.<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2002/December/02_crm_734.htm U.S. Department of Justice info. on InfoCom Corporation]</ref>

In 2004 Ismail Elbarasse was detained by police in Maryland west of the [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge]] after Baltimore County police officers said they saw a woman (his wife) in the vehicle videotaping the Bridge, including footage of the cables and upper supports of the main span. Elbarasse was an assistant to Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, and was named an unindicted co-conspirator by a [[grand jury]] in Chicago after authorities searched the home and vehicle of Elbarasse and found bank records belonging to Marzook, deputy chief of Hamas's political wing. A federal indictment charged Marzook in an alleged conspiracy that authorities said raised millions of dollars for Hamas.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rich, Markon|first1=Eric, Jerry|title=Va. Man Tied to Hamas Held as Witness|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28476-2004Aug24.html|access-date=18 September 2014|work=The Washington Post|date=25 August 2004}}</ref>

In 2004, a U.S. court indicted him [[Trial in absentia|in absentia]] for coordinating and financing Hamas activities.<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/indict/2004/marzook_et_al.pdf U.S. indictment ''in absentia'' for Hamas activities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530105112/http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/indict/2004/marzook_et_al.pdf |date=30 May 2009 }}</ref>

==Interview with ''The Forward''==
In April 2012, Marzook gave what was billed as his "first-ever interview with a Jewish publication", ''[[The Forward]]''.{{sfn|The Forward|2012}} Marzook said that an agreement between Israel and the P.A. would have to be ratified by a referendum of all Palestinians, including those in Gaza. He would regard it as a [[hudna]], or cease-fire, rather than as a peace treaty. If Hamas gained power, they would feel free to change provisions of the agreement. "We will not recognize Israel as a state", he said. "It will be like the relationship between Lebanon and Israel or Syria and Israel", that is, an armed truce.

''The Forward'' requested the interview, which took place over two days at Marzook's home in New Cairo, Egypt.{{sfn|The Forward|2012}}<ref name=f-int/> ''The Forward'' published responses to the interview from eight "prominent observers of the Middle East peace process", Laura Kam of [[The Israel Project]], Israeli security analyst [[Yossi Alpher]], Lara Friedman of [[Americans for Peace Now]], [[Princeton University]] Professor [[Daoud Kuttab]], [[Abraham Foxman]] of the [[Anti-Defamation League]], Arab-American activist [[Hussein Ibish]], [[David Keyes]] of [[Advancing Human Rights]] and political scientist [[Nathan J. Brown (political scientist)|Nathan Brown]].<ref name=f-int-rh1>{{cite news|title=Reading Hamas|url=http://forward.com/articles/155447/reading-hamas/|newspaper=The Forward|date=29 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=f-int-rh2>{{cite news|title=Reading Hamas II|url=http://forward.com/articles/155453/reading-hamas-ii/|newspaper=The Forward|date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

== Operation Pillar of Defense ==
Following the [[Operation Pillar of Defense|eight-day cross-border battle]] between Israel and Hamas in November, 2012, Moussa Abu Marzouk said that Hamas would not stop making weapons in Gaza or smuggling them to the territory. According to the Associated Press, Moussa Abu Marzouk is the No 2 leader in Hamas.<ref name=ap20121124>{{cite news|title=AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 rejects Gaza arms halt |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/AP-Interview-Hamas-No-2-rejects-Gaza-arms-halt-4063103.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=24 November 2012 |agency=Associated Press |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124150524/http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/AP-Interview-Hamas-No-2-rejects-Gaza-arms-halt-4063103.php |archive-date=24 November 2012 }}</ref>

== Notes and references ==
=== Citations ===
{{reflist|30em}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin|2}}
*{{Cite book
| title = Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad
| last = Levitt| first = Matthew
| author-link = Matthew Levitt
| publisher= [[Yale University Press]]
| year = 2006
| url = https://archive.org/details/hamaspoliticscha00levi
| isbn = 978-0-300-12258-9
}}
* {{cite journal
| title=Interview with Mousa Abu Marzook
| journal=Middle East Policy
| date=May 1997|volume=5|issue=2|pages=113–128
| last = Gaess
| first = Roger
| doi=10.1111/j.1475-4967.1997.tb00268.x
| url = https://mepc.org/node/4711
}}
* {{cite web
| title=How Historic Interview Was Arranged
| website=The Forward
| date=19 April 2012
| url=https://forward.com/news/155056/how-historic-interview-was-arranged/
| ref={{sfnref | The Forward | 2012}}
| access-date=31 October 2020}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200918155333111890.html "Al-Jazeera interview with Mousa Abu Marzouq during ''Operation Cast Lead''"]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829114255/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1219664137553&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs%2FMAELayout |date=29 August 2008 |title=Exclusive interview with Mousa Abu Marzook at www.islamonline.net }}
* Abu Marzook, Mousa [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/16/israel.foreignpolicy "Hamas is ready to talk"], ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 16-8-2007.
* Abu Marzook, Mousa [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-marzook10jul10,0,1675308.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail "Hamas' stand"], ''L.A. Times''. Retrieved on 28-8-2008.
* Abu Marzook, Mousa [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001209.html "What Hamas Is Seeking"], ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved on 28-08-2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080904111733/http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=d15W39 Your Questions to Hamas: Live Chat with Mousa Abu Marzook @ ''IslamOnline.net'']

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