Ahmad Bahar (Palestinian Politician)
Ahmad Mohammad Bahar (Arabic: أحمد بحر; 1949 – 17 November 2023) was the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) since his election to that post on 18 January 2006. Born in Gaza City, Palestine, he was a professor at the Islamic University of Gaza.
In 2012, he delivered a televised sermon in which he prayed for Allah to kill "the Jews and their supporters... [and] the Americans and their supporters... without leaving a single one". This statement has been characterized as incitement to genocide.
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war he was fatally injured by an Israeli airstrike. He died from his wounds on 17 November 2023 at the age of 74.
See also
References
- ^ "Bahar to the world: Stand beside Palestinian rights". The Palestinian Information Center.
- ^ "Bahar: Resistance will spare no effort to restore prisoners' freedom". The Palestinian Information Center.
- ^ "PLC: Egyptian ruling on Hamas declaration of war on Palestinian people". The Palestinian Information Center.
- ^ Spoerl, Joseph S. (2020). "Parallels between Nazi and Islamist Anti-Semitism". Jewish Political Studies Review. 31 (1/2): 210–244. ISSN 0792-335X. JSTOR 26870795.
- ^ "IDF strike kills top Hamas politbureau member Ahmed Bahar – report". i24 News. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
