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Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hamas-chief-lives-london-council-house-uk-phnpsssx5?s=03
The Hamas Chief Who Lives in London Public Housing
(The Sunday Times-UK) Gabriel Pogrund and Anshel Pfeffer - Muhammad Qassem Sawalha, a Hamas fugitive who "ran the group's terrorist operations in the West Bank" and served on its ruling body, lives in London in a council property (public housing) he recently bought with a 112,000-pound discount. Sawalha evaded Israel's security services using a relative's passport and fled to the UK in the 1990s, later obtaining British citizenship. Upon arrival, Sawalha continued to work for Hamas, holding secret talks about "revitalizing" terrorist acts in Israel and helping to launder money to support activities in Gaza and the West Bank, according to a U.S. Department of Justice indictment in 2004. As recently as 2019, he took part in an official Hamas delegation to Moscow, and served on Hamas' politburo between 2013 and 2017.