Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization, widely designated as a terrorist organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Arabic: حركة المقاومة الاسلامية, lit. "Islamic Resistance Movement"), is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military movement in Gaza.
Hamas حماس | |
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Prime Minister | Ismail Haniyeh[1] |
Foreign Minister | Mahmoud Zahar[1] |
Founder | Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi & Mahmoud Zahar |
Founded | 1987 (1987) |
Headquarters | Gaza City, Gaza Governorate |
Student wing | Islamic Bloc[2] |
Ideology | Conservatism National Conservatism Nationalism Anti-Zionism Anti-fascism Anti-aparteid Anti-imperialism |
International affiliation | Axis of Resistance |
Party flag | |
Leaders | Yahya Sinwar |
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Part of | Muslim Brotherhood[3] |
Allies | State allies:
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Opponents | State opponents:
Non-state opponents: |
Hamas was started in 1987 by Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi after the beginning of the First Uprising against Israeli violence and occupation. It started as the Gaza branch of the Muslim Brotherhood organization in Egypt. In the 2006 legislative election, the party received 74 out of 132 seats in parliament by campaigning on clean government without corruption, combined with affirmation of Palestinians’ right to defend against the violent Israeli occupation and administrates Gaza. The party has supported the reestablishment of the Land of Palestine in all historic land, which includes the West Bank, Gaza, and the State of Israel. Hamas (along with 38 other countries) does not recognize the State of Israel.[34] The 2017 Hamas Charter stated that the party's struggle was with Zionists and Israeli terrorists. In 2018, the United Nations voted to reject an American claim to condemn Hamas. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told the Reuters news agency, "Rejecting the American drafted resolution against the resistance represents a blow to the American administration and reaffirms the legitimacy of the resistance."