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IDF Spokesman January 1993 HAMAS - The Islamic Resistance Movement 1. GENERAL BACKGROUND AND HISTORY The HAMAS (in Arabic, an acronym for "Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamia" -- Islamic Resistance Movement -- and a word meaning courage and bravery) is a radical Islamic fundamentalist organization which became active in...
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www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/930100.htm
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Charter of the Hamas ... The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) ... This Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), clarifies its picture, reveals its identity, outlines its stand, explains its aims, speaks about its hopes, and calls for its support, adoption and joining its ranks.
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www.mideastweb.org/hamas.htm
www.mideastweb.org/hamas.htm
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Hamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hamas ( Ḥamās , an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah , meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Islamic socio-political organization which inclu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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The Hamas movement is an offshoot of the Moslem Brotherhood in the Israeli-administered territories, or as defined in the second and fifth articles of the Hamas Charter: "Hamas--the Islamic Resistance Movement--is a division of the Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine.
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www.jcpa.org/jl/saa27.htm
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In early 2006 HAMAS won legislative elections in the Palestinian territories, ending the secular Fatah party’s hold on the Palestinian Authority and challenging Fatah’s leadership of the Palestinian national movement.
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www.nctc.gov/site/groups/hamas.html
www.nctc.gov/site/groups/hamas.html
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Hamas: The Arabic word for 'zeal' also represents the 'Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya,' or Islamic Resistance Movement. ... Hamas considers terrorism a legitimate means of resistance. Hamas members started carrying out terrorist attacks starting in the late '80s, at first in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Complete transcript of The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement, dated 18 August 1988. ... 20th Century Documents ... 1988 - Hamas Covenant; August 18...
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www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/hamas.htm
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/hamas.htm
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Armed Islamic Group (GIA); Aum Shinriykyo; Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA); Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group, IG); HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement); Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM); Hizballah (Party of God); Japanese Red Army (JRA) al-Jihad;
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