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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 Palestinian paramilitary organization Hamas. In addition, Rantissi was the most vocal of Hamas leaders to deny the Holocaust, commenting that the Holocaust never occurred as described by Western historians and that Zionists at one time supported and funded Nazi activities. Reuters: Rantissi named Hamas chief for Gaza - official en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdel_Aziz_al-Rantissi   (1289 words)

Obituary: Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi Rantissi, for all his shrill rhetoric at public meetings, was a quietly spoken man, who could give the impression of being reasonable even when saying the most outrageous things. Rantissi never stopped insisting that the whole of Palestine must and would be "liberated". Rantissi was born in the town of Jibna, close to Ashkelon. www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node.php?id=1178   (629 words)

Relatives of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi Palestinian relatives of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi wear Hamas headbands at Rantissi's mourning house in Gaza on April 19, 2004. Rantissi, a 56-year-old Egyptian-trained pediatrician was assassinated by the Israeli zionist army on Saturday. www.aztlan.net /relatives_rantissi.htm   (54 words)

BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COM No surprise that Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi has become the latest victim of Israel's judge, jury and executioner policy of assassinating its opponents. Al Franken and Randi Rhodes lifted my opinion of the network somewhat with some lively exchanges and were a refreshing change to both the froth-spewing right-wing talkers and the All-Bran radio of NPR -- good for you, but impossible to digest. Israel had vowed to try to kill the entire Hamas leadership and the firebrand Rantissi was their number one target after he became head of Hamas in Gaza. stuarthughes.blogspot.com /archives/2004_04_11_stuarthughes_archive.html   (1719 words)

Islam Online- News Section GAZA CITY, April 17 (IslamOnline.net) - Abdelaziz Rantissi, Hamas new leader in the Gaza Strip, was assassinated late Saturday, April 17, in an Israeli air strike. Rantissi survived an Israeli assassination attempt last June, suffering leg, arm and chest wounds in a missile attack on his car in central Gaza City. Rantissi died of his wounds in Gaza City's Shifa hospital after his car took a direct hit from at least two rockets fired by an Israeli helicopter, witnesses said. www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-04/17/article09.shtml   (234 words)

Hamas Vows to Avenge Israel's Killing of Rantissi 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. Egyptian students of Al- Azhar university, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, burn American, British and Israeli flags as they flash the Quran demonstrating against Israel's assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader, Sunday, April 18, 2004 in Cairo. 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. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1119806/posts   (5946 words)

Error - Columbia Newsblaster 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. newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2004-04-18-12-49-58/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=81   (652 words)

Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / New Hamas Chief Vows All-Out Revenge Rantissi, 56, was named to head Hamas in Gaza Tuesday, making him the pivotal figure in the Islamic group bent on destroying Israel. Rantissi said no orders had been given for militants to strike targets beyond the borders of what Hamas wants as an Islamic state of Palestine -- meaning all of Israel as well as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Rantissi and other Hamas officials, including overall leader Khaled Meshaal, also stressed the militant group had no plans to take its fight beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories. www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/03/24/new_hamas_chief_vows_all_out_revenge?mode=PF   (766 words)

FromOccupiedPalestine.org : Independent reportage from the frontlines of the conflict Abdel Aziz Rantissi, physician and political activist: born Yubna, Palestine 23 October 1947; married (two sons, five daughters); died Gaza City 17 April 2004. Like Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, his predecessor as leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz Rantissi owed his fame and popularity more to Israel's harsh treatment and disproportionate punishment of activists opposed to its occupation of Palestinian land than to political cunning. 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). www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /index.php?or=224&PHPSESSID=7972dc05365803eb03e0c81e8b6233c6   (1238 words)

UDHR - News Item Rantissi was assassinated in an air strike in Gaza City on Saturday night, less than a month after Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli helicopter strike. www.universalrights.net /news/display.php3?id=1165   (277 words)

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Israeli missile attack kills new Hamas chief Israeli forces assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi last night, in what appeared to be the start of a campaign to destroy the organisation before Israel pulls out of Gaza as part of a US-sanctioned deal. 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. www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,1194569,00.html   (1103 words)

Resistance without compromise - Obituaries - www.smh.com.au Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, who was killed by a missile strike from an Israeli helicopter on Saturday aged 56, had been leader of Hamas, the militant Islamist terrorist organisation, for less than a month, having taken over after the assassination of his friend and predecessor, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, on March 22. Rantissi's support for suicide bombings even antagonised some Palestinians. Rantissi wrote the founding charter of this organisation, calling for an exclusively Palestinian state and repudiating the PLO's plan for a secular government. www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/19/1082357110258.html   (1082 words)

Abdel Aziz Rantisi as Mabus On April 17 2004, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was killed by Israel 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. Abdel Aziz Rantisi is a known hardliner and now leader of Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. www.mabus.biz /who/rantisi   (292 words)

Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi 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. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi was assassinated by Israel in April 2003 Israel arrested Rantissi several times during the intifada, spending more than two and a half years in Israeli jails on one occasion. www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=7838   (897 words)

Abdul Aziz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abdul Aziz is a common Muslim male name. Saudi King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud Malaysian King Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdul_Aziz   (183 words)

Hudna - Art History Online Reference and Guide In January 2004, senior Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi offered a 10-year hudna in return for complete withdrawal from all territories captured in the Six Day War, and the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Rantissi said the hudna was limited to ten years and represented a decision by the movement because it was "difficult to liberate all our land at this stage. The hudna would however not signal a recognition of the state of Israel. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Hudna   (503 words)

Sharon prepares Israel's Armageddon - PRAVDA.Ru Just as Ahmad Yassin was blitzed in his wheelchair as he left a mosque in Gaza, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was murdered Sunday in a missile strike on his car. Yassin murder followed by Rantissi, Leader of Hamas Ariel Sharon goes for broke, days after he visited his political master in Washington. Ismail Haniya, a leading Hamas member, called the attack an act of terrorism and said that Rantissi's blood will be avenged. english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/366/12546_sharon.html   (443 words)

Palestinian Terrorist Organizations - 2004 New Land for Peace - The Macro Center - Roger Williams University Yassin’s chief deputy and co-founder of Hamas is Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, who is the group’s leader in the Gaza Strip. Rantissi believes that, from a political standpoint, the suicide bombings are not terrorism, but a response to Israeli terrorism against Palestinians. Rantissi wants an overall leader to come from Gaza, like Yassin, because of the personal connection with the people and the respect that is shown for them. macrocenter.rwu.edu /2004/briefingpapers/paper9.htm   (2814 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. Sixteen years ago, as the Palestinians' first intifada blazed through the tumbledown refugee camps of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian pediatrician named Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi set himself on the path that ended on Saturday with his assassination. 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. www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226632496.html   (531 words)

Israel assassinates top Hamas leader - SpecialsMiddleEastConflict - www.smh.com.au Israel has drawn a threat of 100 revenge attacks after assassinating top Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi. 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". The helicopter missile strike on Rantissi's car in Gaza City overnight stoked Palestinian anger already high over US President George W Bush's statement this week that Israel could retain land Palestinians want for a state in any peace deal. www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/18/1082226615690.html   (788 words)

Swiss news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform Relations between the two countries were already strained after Switzerland condemned the killing of the Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, by Israeli security forces on Saturday. Switzerland has also condemned the killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi by Israeli security forces on Saturday. “We have condemned this act [Rantissi’s killing] based on a clear and defined legal standard which is international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions,” said Paul Fivaz, an ambassador in charge of the Middle East division of the Swiss foreign ministry. www.swissinfo.org /sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=4876739   (886 words)

Thousands pay tribute to Rantissi. 18/04/2004. ABC News Online Tens of thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Gaza City Sunday as the coffin of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi left Shifa hospital at the start of his funeral, the day after his assassination by Israel. Hamas appointed a secret successor to Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi hours after he was assassinated in an Israeli helicopter missile strike, a Hamas statement said. Mr Rantissi had replaced Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated by Israel late last month. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/s1089765.htm   (542 words)

SUARA MERDEKA - INTERNASIONAL DAMASKUS - Hamas diam-diam dikabarkan telah mengangkat pengganti pemimpin kelompok itu di Jalur Gaza, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, yang tewas dirudal Israel. Rantissi sendiri pernah mengatakan, tidak lama setelah pemimpin spiritual Hamas Syekh Ahmed Yassin tewas dirudal Israel: ''Saya pemimpin Hamas di Jalur Gaza. Sejauh ini nama pengganti Rantissi itu belum dipublikasikan. www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0404/20/int2.htm   (553 words)

Gaza Foto - latest photo stories and top headlines. GAZA CITY: Senior Hamas figure Ismail Haniya vowed that Abdelaziz Al Rantissi's blood "will not flow in vain" after the Islamic movement's leader in the Palestinian territories was killed here last night."The blood of Dr Al Rantissi will not flow in vain," Haniya told supporters gathered outside Gaza City's Shifa hospital(Getty Images)... UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today condemned Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, calling on the Israeli government to "immediately end" the practice of "extrajudicial killings". Abdel Aziz Rantisi was one of the highest profile and most extreme voices of the violent Islamic group Hamas.He served as Hamas leader in Gaza for less than a month after Israel killed his predecessor, Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in a similar helicopter missile strike on March 22(Getty Images)... archive.wn.com /2004/04/18/1400/gazafoto   (686 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. In the 24 hours between the failed assassination bid on Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi and the killing of 16 people on a bus in central Jerusalem, there was fevered speculation about the timing of Mr Sharon's order to kill Dr Rantissi. Israel attempted assassination of Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi. www.geocities.com /newscompass2003/MEconflict/predictsharon.html   (1317 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=10   (252 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)

New Hamas leader: No U.S. attacks - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com Rantissi said vengeance for Yassin’s death will be carried out by Hamas’ military wing and all options are on the table, including targeting Sharon. Wednesday, Rantissi surrounded himself with supporters at an official mourning for Yassin, daring Israelis to risk an assassination attempt at a public gathering. msnbc.msn.com /id/4595072   (502 words)

Al-Ahram Weekly Region Obituary The Israeli assassination of Hamas Gaza leader Abdul- Aziz Al-Rantisi on 17 April has been condemned around the world as an unlawful and provocative crime. Indeed, between 1996 and the outbreak of the Al- Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, Al-Rantisi was imprisoned in solitary confinement in PA Jails several times. However, as an active Islamic nationalist, Al- Rantisi found out that his medical practice took most of his time and limited his ability to be politically active. weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/687/re2.htm   (1189 words)

Error - Columbia Newsblaster Tens of thousands of Palestinians have marched through Gaza for the funeral of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, the day after he was killed in an Israeli air strike. Rantissi's body - draped in a green Hamas flag - was carried shoulder-high to his home in the northern al-Nasr suburb. Israeli officials said Rantissi was planning a large attack on Israel to consolidate his leadership of Hamas after the killing of Sheikh Yassin. newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2004-04-18-12-49-58/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=86   (781 words)

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