Prominent Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza Strip resigns

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An official source at the Islamic Jihad movement on Sunday confirmed to Al Bawaba that their prominent leader in the Gaza Strip, Abdullah al Shami, has submitted his resignation following “financial and organizational” disputes with the movement’s top leadership...

According to the source, the resignation of al Shami - the Islamic Jihad’s spokesman in Gaza Strip - has come following “financial and organizational” disputes between him and those of the movement’s leadership that are outside Palestine. He said “Al Shami resigned as he was not able to tolerate the increasing financial cuts made by the movement’s leadership abroad headed by its secretary general Ramadan Shallah. These cuts, which were made over the past few months, have affected the allocations for the movement’s PR offices in Gaza as well as al Shami’s personal expenses… which have forced him to close down a number of Islamic Jihad offices.”

The resigning leader also found himself sidelined after new leaders - including Ahmad al Batsh, who has recently been named the Islamic Jihad spokesman and his predecessors Nafeth Azzam and Mohammad al Hindi - became more involved in the movement.

It has recently been noted that the Islamic Jihad’s website has not posted any of al Shami’s statements and announcements for several weeks - a fact that indicates that there were plans to replace him...

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