Profiles of the past and current leaders of HAMAS ... Following his release from Israeli jail, he began to reorganize the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. He expressed extremist positions and enjoyed the support of the extremist members of the terrorist apparatus and of the Hamas leadership abroad, based in Syria.
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Hamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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...
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The question, rather, is whether...[his] brand of militant pragmatism will continue to hold sway within the Hamas leadership." ; -Mouin Rabbani, in a preface to a Mashaal interview published in the Journal of Palestine Studies, Spring 2008...
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Israel will try to kill the entire leadership of Hamas without waiting for another attack by the militant group, security sources said Tuesday, citing a decision made by Israeli security chiefs following the assassination of Hamas' founder. ... JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will strike at more Hamas leaders,
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A senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, Khalil Al-Hayya, accused Israel on Wednesday of holding up negotiations over a deal to secure the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces ... The London-based Arabic language daily Al Hayat reported that the Hamas leadership was split over the Israeli compromise proposal.
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The Hamas leadership - Abd al-Aziz Rantisi; Background Information ... Due to the elimination of the leadership of the Hamas in the West Bank in recent months, the Hamas leadership in the Gaza perceives itself as the central headquarters, and as such, directs and is responsible for terrorist attacks through Hamas operatives...
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Hamas leaders are in hiding, and conflicting messages are being put out by Hamas's leadership under Khalid Mashal, who is based in Damascus, and Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader in Gaza.
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Haniyeh, for example, advocated that Hamas participate in the 1996 PA elections that the group boycotted. He is considered likely to take a leadership role, despite coming to Hamas slightly later than some other leaders.
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We write to urge you, on the occasion of the victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, to announce publicly that your organization will not use lethal force to target civilians or cause indiscriminate ... US: Congress Should Reject Impunity for Israel and Hamas...
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A report released this week by the American magazine Vanity Fair disclosed a plan by the US administration to overthrow the democratically-elected Hamas by arming rival Fatah forces through millions of dollars worth of weapons.
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