What is Ziyad al-Nakhalah?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ziyad al-Nakhalah | image = Ziyad al-Nakhalah 2024.jpg | caption = al-Nakhalah in 2024 | office = Secretary-General of the [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]] | deputy = | predecessor = [[Ramadan Shalah]] | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|4|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Khan Yunis]], [[Gaza Strip]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] | residence = [[Beirut]], Lebanon and [[Damascus]], Syria | death_date = | death_place = | birthname = | citizenship = | nationality = [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] | party = [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]] | spouse = | children = | parents = | native_name = زياد النخالة | native_name_lang = ar | termstart = 28 September 2018 | education = [[Diploma]] in [[Teacher|Teaching]] }}{{Palestinian nationalism}} '''Ziyad Al-Nakhalah''' (born 6 April 1953) is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] politician. He has been the [[Secretary-General]] of the [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]] since 2018, following the illness of former Secretary-General [[Ramadan Shalah]]. Ziyad was previously [[Deputy]] Secretary-General, and was elected as the movement’s new Secretary-General in late September 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=زياد النخالة.. ثالث أمين عام لحركة الجهاد ومؤسس جناحها العسكري|trans-title=Ziad Al-Nakhalah.. The third Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement and Founder of its military wing|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/2023/12/28/%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%ab%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ab-%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9|access-date=7 January 2024|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=ar}}</ref> ==Biography== Ziyad al-Nakhalah was born on 6 April 1953 in [[Khan Yunis]], [[Gaza Strip]], then und