Hamas on Thursday chose Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader widely viewed by Palestinians as a pragmatist, to be prime minister, as Israel’s Defense Ministry proposed punitive measures to weaken the group. Haniyeh, 43, headed Hamas’s list of candidates in the January 25 parliamentary election in which the movement, dedicated to Israel’s destruction and riding a wave of popularity over its pledge to fight corruption, scored a landslide victory. Full Story
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