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	Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (October 23, 1947 - April 17, 2004) was the co-founder of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas.
		In addition, Rantissi was the most vocal of Hamas leaders to deny the Holocaust, falsely claiming that the Holocaust never occurred as described by Western historians and that Zionists at one time supported and funded Nazi activities.
		In December 1992, Rantissi was deported to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, and emerged as the general spokesman of the expellees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdel_Aziz_al-Rantissi (1271 words)

	Abd al-Aziz Rantissi
		Rantissi was detained many times by the Palestinian Authority for his criticism of the PA and Arafat, but in most cases, was released after a short period.
		Rantissi is responsible for directing many terrorist attacks by Hamas, including the June 8, 2003, attack in which four Israeli soldiers were killed at the Erez Checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.
		January 2001: Rantissi notes that it is clear to all that the military wing of Hamas, the Az a-Din Al Qassam, is responsible for military "operations" against the "Israeli occupation forces." Rantissi also calls for the continuation of the armed "Intifada," and states that [the hurling of stones] will not suffice.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Rantissi.html (1487 words)

	Mideast Dispatch Archive: Dr Abdel al-Rantissi, “the Pediatrician of Death,” in his own words
		Rantissi, one of the founders of Hamas in the Gaza strip, was responsible for the Hamas terror policy and promoted the carrying out of deadly terror attacks.
		Rantissi was one of the six founders of the Hamas in September 1987, along with Ahmed Yassin.
		Rantissi, with the encouragement of the Hamas abroad, represented this group and was appointed spokesperson for the Hamas in Gaza.
	www.tomgrossmedia.com /mideastdispatches/archives/000199.html (2200 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Profile: Hamas leader Rantissi
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike on 17 April, had been one of the most forceful spokesmen against compromise with Israel.
		Rantissi took over the leadership of the militant Islamic movement Hamas in Gaza after the killing of the group's spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in March.
		Rantissi had in 2003 survived an earlier assassination, but died in hospital after an Israeli attack on his vehicle in April 2004.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2977816.stm (585 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Israeli missile attack kills new Hamas chief
		Rantissi was born in 1947 in the village of Yavna near the southern coastal city of Ashkelon.
		Rantissi, 56, was taken to a hospital with but he died soon afterwards.
		With Rantissi filling the role of Hamas spokesman, TV camera crews from around the world have trooped to his modestly furnished living room to hear him issue vows of revenge, for Israel's killing of militants.
	www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,1194569,00.html (1091 words)

	Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, assassinated by Israel in April 2003, was one of Hamas' most leading figures since the outbreak of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising.
		Rantissi had escaped an earlier assassination attempt in 2003, but he was killed in an Israeli missile strike on his car in April 2004.
		Rantissi, who opposed the 1993 Oslo accords, slammed the then Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas for participating in a conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the U.S. President George W Bush in Jordan in June 2003.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/review/people_full_story.asp?service_id=7838 (578 words)

	The Observer \| International \| The hardliner who killed to save Palestine
		It was a suitably confusing position that was outlined by Rantissi only a few weeks before the death of Yassin in a similar attack that established him as leader of Hamas on 26 January.
		But if Rantissi - in his own words - was something of an enigma, at once combative in his use of the language of jihad as well as recognising its limitations, he was a true son of the Gaza Strip - the most socially and religiously conservative area of the Occupied Territories.
		Despite his strident voice, Rantissi, like Yassin, would often hint that he regarded the armed struggle against the Israelis as more negotiable than his sermons and speeches might have suggested, believing that violence was an essential tool to Palestinian liberation.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,1194559,00.html (767 words)

	Hamas vows defiance, as it picks new leader \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rantissi told the Associated Press that he emerged from secret elections as the overall chief of Hamas and was chosen to head the group's political bureau, the main decisionmaking body.
		The announcement of Rantissi's election was made over loudspeaker during a gathering of tens of thousands of Hamas supporters at a soccer stadium in Gaza City, a day after Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin was assassinated by Israel.
		Rantissi was chosen Tuesday by a meeting of the 12-member leadership council, or shura, which Hamas leaders say does not coordinate with the "military wing" of the organization, the Qassem Brigades, which plan attacks - primarily in the form of suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0324/p10s01-wome.htm (921 words)

	Abdel Aziz Rantisi as Mabus
		Abdel Aziz Rantisi is a known hardliner and now leader of Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
		The appointment of Abdel Aziz Rantisi was understood to of taken place prior to the killing of Yassin.
		Abdel Aziz Rantisi is expected to take a more violent level of engagement with Israel than Yassin, leaving many experts to wonder why Israel killed the former leader knowing that Abdel Aziz Rantisi is far more violent and less likely to hesitate or to discuss political options.
	www.mabus.biz /who/rantisi (354 words)

	C4 News - World - World - Hamas threaten Rantissi retaliations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rantissi's body was carried aloft on a stretcher draped in a green Hamas flag, his face left uncovered to reveal the red lacerations of shrapnel.
		The militant group has pledged "100 retaliations" for Rantissi's assassination by Israel, and for the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in a missile attack on March 22.
		Hamas say they have appointed Rantissi's successor but his identity will be kept secret as the group faces the threat of having its leaders wiped out.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/04/week_3/18_rantissi_html.html (259 words)

	FromOccupiedPalestine.org : Independent reportage from the frontlines of the conflict
		The liquidation of Abdel Aziz Rantisi put an end, in one fell swoop, to the Palestinians' feverish occupation with what they term "the Bush declaration" (likened in all publications in the territories to the Balfour Declaration).
		Abdel Aziz Rantissi, physician and political activist: born Yubna, Palestine 23 October 1947; married (two sons, five daughters); died Gaza City 17 April 2004.
		Abdel Aziz Rantisi was named yesterday as Hamas chief for the Gaza Strip and immediately repeated the faction's vows of vengeance for the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
	www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /index.php?or=224 (1238 words)

	Rantissi was not afraid to die - SpecialsMiddleEastCrisis - www.theage.com.au
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was a cool and calculating intellectual force in Hamas, writes Laura King in Jerusalem.
		Dr Rantissi's stature as one of the group's original leaders, and a close associate of Sheikh Yassin, made it near inevitable he would be the one to take over when Sheikh Yassin was killed by Israeli missiles less than four weeks ago.
		Dr Rantissi and his Hamas brethren shared another formative experience in 1992, when 400 of them were deported to Lebanon.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226632496.html (531 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		Israel's assassination of the newly appointed leader of the Islamic militant Hamas movement, Abdel Aziz Rantissi, drew widespread condemnation from the international community, although the USA said Israel had the right to defend itself against terrorism.
		Rantissi, assassinated hours after Hamas claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed an Israeli guard at the Erez crossing yesterday, was appointed leader of the radical movement shortly after its previous Gaza head and founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was assassinated in an Israeli helicopter strike in Gaza City on March 22.
		VATICAN CITY: The killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi and the hostage-takings in Iraq were "inhuman acts," Pope John Paul II said in his weekly angelus at the Vatican.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040419/world.htm (2278 words)

	Article \| Statement on the killing of Hamas Leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
		The assassination by the Israeli state of Hamas leader Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi demonstrates the incurable thirst for the Palestinian blood that now animates the colonial project in the Middle East.
		The consecutive assassination of two Palestinian, leaders Sheikh Yassin and now Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, by the Israeli state would be inconceivable without the backing of the United States.
		The renewed confidence of the Israeli state and the murder of Al Rantissi is the immediate fruit of this deal.
	www.stopwar.org.uk /article.asp?id=170404&a=35&b=40 (252 words)

	Abdel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, co-founder of the Palestinian paramilitary organization Hamas
		Mohammed Abdel Wahab, prominent 20th century Egyptian singer and composer
		This human name article is a disambiguation page – a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdel (169 words)

	Hamas Vows to Avenge Israel's Killing of Rantissi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rantissi was viewed as particularly hard-line in a militant Islamic group that has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and is sworn to Israel's destruction.
		Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on April 18, 2004 drawing a threat of 100 revenge attacks from the militant Palestinian group rocked by another major blow before a planned U.S.-backed pullout from Gaza.
		The body of the late Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi is carried from his house before being taken through the streets during his funeral in Gaza City, early Sunday, April 18, 2004.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1119806/posts (5946 words)

	The Agonist: Top Hamas Leader Killed in Missile Strike
		More: The killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in an Israeli air strike is particularly significant; it follows a recent shift by the United States that took Washington nearer to Israel's position on the occupation of Palestinian territories.
		The Arab League has condemned the killing of Hamas official Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, calling the April 17 assassination by Israel an act of "state terrorism" and saying, "This is clear proof that Israel cannot live in a climate of stability."
		Palestinian minister Saeb Erekat has condemned the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, who said he believes Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat may also be a target for Israel.
	www.agonist.org /archives/015192.html (231 words)

	Israel assassinates top Hamas leader - SpecialsMiddleEastConflict - www.smh.com.au
		The United States denied it gave Israel the green light to go after Rantissi but refrained from condemning the assassination, saying only it was "gravely concerned" for Middle East peace and stability.
		Hours after two missiles slammed into Rantissi's car, killing the bearded Egyptian-trained paediatrician and two of his bodyguards, Hamas's armed wing issued a statement vowing "100 retaliations" that will shake "the criminal entity".
		Israel killed Rantissi three days after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won Bush's backing at the White House for his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four isolated Jewish settlements in the West Bank by the end of 2005.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226615690.html?from=top5 (788 words)

	MehrNews.com - Iran, world, political, sport, economic news and headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rantissi’s Martyrdom Proves U.S. Backs Israeli State Terrorism: Rafsanjani TEHRAN, April 18 (MNA) – In a statement released on Sunday the head of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the assassination of Hamas leader Abdul-Aziz al-Rantissi once again proved that the Zionist state terrorism is backed by the U.S. administration.
		Palestine Ablaze TEHRAN, April 18 (MNA) – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday night to protest against the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, who was killed by a Zionist helicopter missile attack in Gaza City on Saturday.
		Rantissi's son and two of his bodyguards were also killed in the attack.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/Archive.aspx?date=20040418 (487 words)

	AM - Hamas vows 'volcano of revenge' against Israel
		And AMwas at one of Dr Rantissi's last public appearances three weeks ago in Gaza, when he was asked about being number one on Israel's death list.
		As soon as he was pulled still breathing from the twisted shell of his car, it was clear the 56-year-old paediatrician was not going to survive.
		Shrouded in the green flag of Hamas and covered in flowers, Abdel-Aziz Rantissi's body was carried along on a wave of tens of thousands of Palestinian mourners.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1090026.htm (727 words)

	Untitled
		Senior Hamas official Abdel Aziz Rantissi was wounded in an Israeli military helicopter gunship attack that killed a three-year-old girl and a woman who was apparently her mother - and wounded 10 others, among them Rantisi's son Ahmed.
		Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, said he would not continue discussion with Abbas on attacks on Israel
		Israel attempted assassination of Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi.
	www.geocities.com /newscompass2003/MEconflict/predictsharon.html (1317 words)

	Hamas political leader seen as new No. 1 - SpecialsMiddleEastConflict - www.smh.com.au
		The Damascus-based Mashaal, head of Hamas' political bureau, said after Rantissi's death yesterday in an airstrike in Gaza City that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was seeking to "eliminate" Hamas, while insisting that the Islamic group "will not stop...
		And Israeli Cabinet minister Gideon Ezra warned that "Mashaal's fate will be identical to that of Rantissi," Israel's military radio reported.
		Rantissi himself said following the assassination last month in a similar airstrike of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, "I am the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but Khaled Mashaal is the top leader of Hamas."
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226640883.html?from=storyrhs (831 words)

	Israel kills top Hamas leader in missile strike
		GAZA - Israel assassinated top Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, drawing a threat of 100 revenge attacks from the militant Palestinian group rocked by another major blow before a planned US-backed pullout from Gaza.
		The strongest condemnations came from across the Arab world, as 200,000 angry people thronging the streets of Gaza City for Rantissi's funeral, vowing revenge against the Jewish state.
		Al Rantissi 'wished for it and he received it'- Son, Mohammed Al Rantissi, 23
	bitterfact.tripod.com /israel/rantissi_index.html (162 words)

	The World Today - Hamas leader labels Bush 'enemy of God'
		He's been replaced in Gaza by this man, Abdul Aziz Rantisi.
		The assassination of Sheikh Yassin has elevated Abdul Aziz Rantisi to the voice of Hamas in Gaza.
		He told the crowd that the blood of Sheikh Yassin is urging other Arabs to shut down Israeli embassies and offices.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1076353.htm (680 words)

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