Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the
Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (
October 23,
1947–
April 17,
2004) was the co-founder (with
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin) of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization
Hamas.Rantissi was Hamas's political leader and spokesman in the
Gaza Strip following the Israeli assassination of Hamas spiritual leader
Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in March 2004. Like most Hamas members, Rantissi opposed any compromise with
Israel and called for the liberation of the entire region of
Palestine (including the whole of the State of Israel) through military exertion against the Jewish state. In addition, Rantissi was the most vocal of Hamas leaders to
deny the Holocaust, claiming that the
Holocaust never occurred as described by Western historians and that Zionists at one time supported and funded Nazi activities.
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