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Hamas

Hamas: GAZA - The Islamist Hamas group, long shunned by the West and increasingly isolated in the Middle East, has appointed its first spokeswoman, a 23-year-old who used to live in Britain and speaks with a Yorkshire accent. , according to Reuters. She is not a member of the Islamist group. She wears a traditional headscarf along with a touch of makeup, listens to non-Islamic music and will on occasion shake hands with members of the opposite sex, behavior usually frowned on by Hamas. By Nidal al-Mughrabi Isra Al-Modallal's job is to convey the views of the Hamas government that controls Gaza to the foreign media. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.