Redigerer Osama Mazini (avsnitt)

== Biografi==
Osama Mazini ledet fra palestinsk side forhandlingene med Israel om løslatelsesbetingelsene for den israelske soldaten [[Gilad Shalit]].<ref>[http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13069 Hamas leader: mediation has ended with no deal in the case of the Israeli soldier] {{Wayback|url=http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13069 |date=20110725131918 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725131918/http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=13069|date=25. juli 2011}} Ma'an News Agency. 11. desember 2006.</ref>

I en preken i 2006 kritiserte han [[pave Benedikt XVI]]s for bemerkninger som han var kommet med om [[islam]]. Han sa at paven var «ignorant og stupid», «kriminell og arrogant», og «en grusom mann, som spilte blod og som ønskt å drepe».<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marcus |first1=Itamar |last2=Crook |first2=Barbara |title=Hamas: Pope is Nazi, arrogant, stupid and criminal; Allah will punish Pope in due time |url=http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_sept2006.htm |work=Palestinian Media Watch |date=25. september 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220211613/http://pmw.org.il:80/bulletins_sept2006.htm |archive-date=20. februar 2009 |accessdate=2023-10-20 |archivedate=2009-02-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220211613/http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_sept2006.htm |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Nazi Pope |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/09/the-nazi-pope/233298/ |work=The Atlantic |date=25. september 2006 |access-date=16. oktober 2023 |archive-date=3. juni 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603155158/https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/09/the-nazi-pope/233298/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Muslim Rage at Pope Benedict XVI Continues |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/112618 |work=Arutz Sheva / Israel National News |access-date=16. oktober 2023 |archive-date=18. oktober 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018140737/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/112618 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hamas: Pope is Nazi, arrogant, stupid and criminal; Allah will punish Pope in due time |url=https://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/Israel-Palestine-Religion-and-Politics/Itamar-Marcus-and-Barbara-Crook-/Hamas-Pope-is-Nazi-arrogant-stupid-and-criminal-Allah-will-punish-Pope-in-due-time |work=World Security Network |access-date=16. oktober 2023 |archive-date=19. januar 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119113326/http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/Israel-Palestine-Religion-and-Politics/Itamar-Marcus-and-Barbara-Crook-/Hamas-Pope-is-Nazi-arrogant-stupid-and-criminal-Allah-will-punish-Pope-in-due-time |url-status=yes |accessdate=2023-10-20 |archivedate=2021-01-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119113326/http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/Israel-Palestine-Religion-and-Politics/Itamar-Marcus-and-Barbara-Crook-/Hamas-Pope-is-Nazi-arrogant-stupid-and-criminal-Allah-will-punish-Pope-in-due-time }}</ref>

Under de israelske luftyangrepene mot mål på [[Gazastripen]]i desember 2008 advarte Mazini Israel mot å rykke inn med bakkestyrker, og sa at «Gazas folk ventet på å møte den [[sionisme|sionistiske]] fiende i Gaza og ville rive dem opp i kjøttbiter.»<ref>Barzak, Ibrahim. [http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&pid=0&sid=1479197&page=2 Israel demands monitors as part of a Gaza truce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611223042/http://www.wtop.com/?nid=105&pid=0&sid=1479197&page=2 |date=11. juni 2011 }} [[Associated Press]]. 31. desember 2008.</ref>