#Ahmed_Mansour #Witness_to_the_Era #Ahmed_Yassin The episode was broadcast on: 04/17/1999 Sheikh Ahmed Yassin spoke in the first episode of his testimony to the era about his early years and his upbringing in the Gaza Strip and about the nature of the 1948 war and its impact on Palestine. Sheikh Yassin also revealed the nature of the Egyptian role in the 1948 war and the political, economic and social conditions of the Palestinians during and after the war. The 1948 war and its impact on Palestine 00:00 - Introduction - 00:23 - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's biography - 03:40 - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's upbringing - 07:00 - The Sheikh's contemporaneity with the 1948 Nakba - 11:00 - The battles of the 1948 war - 14:22 - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's assessment of what happened in the 1948 war - 19:14 - The Sheikh's migration from Ashkelon to Gaza - 23:23 - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's return to school - 24:54 - Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's paralysis in 1952 - 28:00 - The political and social situation in Gaza 1958 - Ahmed Mansour hosts in Witness to the Era in the upcoming episodes Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, to convey his testimony on the Palestinian struggle, the founding of the Hamas movement, and the important events he witnessed in the Arab-Palestinian conflict. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, born in Al-Joura in 1938, lived through the Nakba period, and it can be said that his family moved twice as a result of the Israeli aggression, the first to Ashkelon, and the second to Gaza, where he settled and resided. The Sheikh was involved in an accident in his youth that left him paralyzed, but he completed his studies until high school, while he did not complete his university education. He was appointed a teacher in Gaza, and worked as head of the Islamic Complex in Gaza, and was known as the most prominent preacher in Gaza. The Sheikh was arrested in 1982 on charges of possessing weapons and forming a military organization. The Israeli court sentenced him to thirteen years in prison, but he was released in 1985 in a prisoner exchange after serving 11 months in prison. The Sheikh founded the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas. The Sheikh was arrested during the Second Intifada in 1989 and was tried on several charges, most notably kidnapping and killing soldiers and founding the resistance movement. The Sheikh was released in 1997 in a prisoner exchange between Jordan and Israel, where the Sheikh was exchanged for two Mossad agents who attempted to assassinate Khaled Meshaal (head of the political bureau of Hamas in Jordan) in exchange for the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who has since been released and has resumed his political activities. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder and leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, spoke in the first episode of Witness to the Age about his upbringing in Al-Joura, Ashkelon and Gaza, the circumstances of his upbringing, and his experience during the British occupation. The Sheikh narrated the Nakba and his departure from Al-Jura to Ashkelon and then to Gaza, and what he experienced during it and his witnessing of the battles of the Egyptian army with Israel, and the entry of the Arab armies into Palestine, and his vision of those battles, and their results, and his comment on the betrayal within the Arab armies. He talked about the accident that led to his paralysis, and his education during that period, and the reason that deprived him of university education, and the story of his appointment as a teacher. To watch more episodes about the Palestinian issue: • The Palestinian issue Follow us on: ---- Facebook: / ahmedmansouraja Twitter: / amansouraja YouTube: / ahmedmansour1 Instagram: / amansouraja