Basem Naim (born 1963) is a Palestinian physician and politician and a member of Hamas. Naim served as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Palestinian National Unity Government of March 2007. After the Battle of Gaza and the dissolution of the unity government on June 14, 2007, by Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...

, Naim became Health Minister of the Gaza Strip. He stepped down in 2012 and became the head of the Council on International Relations in Gaza. Naim holds a degree in medicine from Germany and a PhD in surgery. He has worked at the al-Shifa Hospital in

Gaza City Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...

. His eldest son was a member of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades and was killed at the age of 17 during an Israeli incursion in Shuja'iyya. Naim has a large following on social media where he often posts anti-Israel and pro-BDS messages. Naim has several times condemned terror attacks against Jews.

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Council on International Relations - Palestine

America's empty words will not guarantee a solution in Palestine
March 21, 2018. Basem Naim.

Middle East Eye Middle East Eye (MEE) is a London-based news website covering events in the Middle East and North Africa. MEE describes itself as an "independently funded online news organization that was founded in April 2014." MEE seeks to be the primary porta ...

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How NYT got it wrong about Razzan al-Najjar and the Great March of Return
January 17, 2019. Basem Naim.

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Gaza and Hamas: How Jason Greenblatt aims to turn the victim into executioner
May 7, 2019. Basem Naim.

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