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'''Sami Abu Zuhri''' ({{lang|ar|سامي أبو زُهْري}}) is a senior spokesman for the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] organization [[Hamas]]. Zuhri gained notoriety on May 19, 2006, before which time he was a relatively unknown member of Hamas, when Palestinian security and customs officials discovered he had 640,000 [[euro]]s on his person; another report claimed he held a larger sum of 900,000 euros, and confiscated it, after Zuhri dropped a concealed money belt at a routine border crossing from [[Egypt]] to the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252756,00.html Ynet] 19 May 2006 ''Hamas spokesman caught smuggling cash'' by Ali Waked</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4996990.stm BBC] 19 May 2006 ''President orders Hamas cash probe''</ref> The news brought competing Hamas and [[Fatah]] paramilitary forces to the crossing checkpoint, which Zuhri refused to leave without the banknotes, which had been confiscated as contraband. Abu Zuhri told a reporter from the Arab broadcaster [[Al Jazeera]] that the money had been donated privately by individuals he met during a tour of Arab nations.

The European monitors, who took up the station when [[Israel]] pulled out of Gaza, are charged with checking for contraband, which sometimes includes weapons and food. Julio De La Guardia, a spokesman for the [[European Union]] contingent that monitors the passage, said travelers crossing through [[Rafah]] must declare all sums over $2,000.

Abu Zuhri stated his objection to the inclusion of what he referred to as the "so-called Holocaust" in the proposed [[UNRWA]] lesson plan for students in Gaza. He continued "we think it's more important to teach Palestinians the crimes of the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli occupation]]."<ref name="YahooAstal">{{cite web|first=Diaa |last=Hadid |title=Hamas leader denies Nazi genocide of Jews |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_hamas_holocaust |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |date=August 31, 2009 |accessdate=August 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904072407/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090831/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_hamas_holocaust |archivedate=September 4, 2009 }}</ref>

When the suspected perpetrators of the [[2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers]], Marwan Qawasmahi and Amer Abu Aisha, were killed by Israel after resisting arrest, he said "Hamas praises the role the martyrs played in chasing down Israeli settlers and we stress that their assassination will not weaken the resistance".<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSKCN0HI09H20140923 Israel says its troops kill Hamas men accused of slaying teens]</ref>

In December 2014, Sami Abu Zuhri reportedly harassed a Gaza-based foreign female reporter and was being investigated by the Islamist group ruling the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-spokesman-said-to-have-harassed-female-foreign-reporter/|title=Hamas spokesman said to have harassed female foreign reporter|work=The Times of Israel|date=7 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/53652-141207-hamas-spokesman-accused-of-sexual-harassment|title=Hamas spokesman accused of sexual harassment|work=i24news|date=7 December 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091400328.html Washington Post]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 14 September 2008 ''Abbas aims to stay in office to 2010 despite Hamas'' Reuters article
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080523163826/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1580339/Israeli-minister-vows-Palestinian-%27holocaust%27.html Daily Telegraph] ''Israeli minister vows Palestinian "holocaust"'' By [[Tim Butcher]]
*[http://uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKL1585112620080515 Reuters] 15 May 2008 ''Bush hails Israel's "chosen people" as Arabs lament''
*[http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_06/174.html Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri quoted] 28 June 2004
*[http://israelreporter.com/2005/09/30/wnd-exclusive-interview-with-senior-hamas-spokesman-sami-abu/Abu Zuhri Interview with Sami Abu Zuhri], 30 September 2005
*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/19/hamas.border/index.html CNN News], ''Hamas official caught at border with more than $1 million'' 19 May 2006
*[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1980595 ABC News]: "Hamas Official Caught Smuggling $817,000"
*[http://www.imemc.org/article/54493 IMEMC] ''Abu Zuhri calls on Abbas to declare the failure of peace talks'' 26 April 2008
*[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/976429.html Ha'aretz] 20 April 2008 ''Report: Hamas rejects Egyptian plan for truce with Israel''
*[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202742145654&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Jpost]''Hizbullah's terror chief killed in Damascus bombing'' By Yaakov Katz
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401933.html Washington Post] 5 August 2008 ''Gazans' Access To Care Faulted Israeli Interrogation Criticized in Report'' By Linda Gradstein

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