The Hamas government of 2012 was the second ''de facto''
Hamas government in the Gaza Strip since the
takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas in 2007. It was formed on 26 August 2012 and approved by the Gaza-based
Hamas
Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ...
members of the
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC).
[''New Hamas cabinet approved by lawmakers'']
Ma'an, 27 August 2012[''Hamas announces cabinet reshuffle in Gaza'']
AFP, 2 September 2012 As with the first Hamas government, this government was led by
Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh; sometimes transliterated as Haniya, Haniyah, or Hanieh (born 29 January 1962) is a senior political leader of Hamas and formerly one of two disputed Prime Ministers of the Palestinian National Authority. Hani ...
. Seven of the ten ministers were newly appointed to the new government.
[''Haniya inducts 7 new ministers into cabinet'']
. AFP The priorities of the new government has been said to be "ending the
siege f the Gaza Stripand easing the problems of citizens, especially with regard to electricity and water."
[ Neither the Palestinian Authority nor any foreign country recognised the Hamas governments as legitimate, and do not have any relations with Hamas; the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Israel have designated Hamas a terrorist organization.
The Hamas governments in the Gaza Strip claim to be successors of the Palestinian unity government 2007, which had been dismissed by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in June 2007. Haniyeh had continued to claim the PA Fatah government of 2007 in West Bank and its successors were illegitimate.
The Hamas government of 2012 resigned in June 2014 after the formation of the Palestinian unity government of 2014.
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Members of the government
* ''Kept their positions from previous Hamas government of June 2007 The Hamas government of June 2007 led by Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas was the ''de facto'' government in the Gaza Strip after a fierce inter-factional Palestinian warfare in the Gaza Strip, in which Hamas ousted Fatah from the Gaza Strip. The Hamas gov ...
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Diplomacy
In September 2012, following the announcement of the new government, the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat
''Asharq Al-Awsat'' ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ, meaning "The Middle East") is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted ...
reported that for the first time since the split with the Palestinian Authority in 2007, Hamas was seeking to appoint its own diplomats. Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad, however, strongly denied that these forthcoming diplomatic appointments was an indication that the Gaza government was seeking to entrench the division between West Bank and Gaza Strip.[''Hamas seeks to enter the world of diplomacy'']
Saleh al-Naami, Asharq Al-Awsat, 5 September 2012
See also
*Palestinian government
The Palestinian government is the government of the Palestinian Authority or State of Palestine. The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and acts ...
References
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