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History of Hamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Sunni Islamic organization. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin returned to Gaza from Cairo in the 1970s, where he set up Islamic charities, founding Hamas in 1...
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Here are the main events in the history of the Hamas movement: ... 1988: Hamas publishes manifesto calling for "holy war" to create an Islamic state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, including Israel, and challenging the Palestine Liberation Organization's claim as the sole representative of the...
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Hamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hamas: A History of Terror; Hamas is an Iranian-backed terrorist organization founded in 1988 with the stated aim of destroying Israel. Hamas has carried out attacks that have killed more than 500 innocent civilians, including two dozen Americans.
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The Hamas (a word meaning courage and bravery) is a radical Islamic organization which became active in the early stages of the Intifada, ... In the course of the Intifada, Hamas gained momentum, expanding its activity also in the West Bank, to become the dominant Islamic fundamentalist organization in the Territories.
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(IsraelNN.com) Hamas was founded by Islamic militant extremists in the Gaza Strip in 1988, shortly after the first intifada broke out. The word Hamas is an acronym for the Arabic words for "Islamic Resistance Movement." ;
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Hamas immediately grew in numbers and violence. The group had always embraced the doctrine of armed struggle, but the doctrine had not been practiced and Islamic groups had not been subjected to suppression the way groups like Fatah had been, according to U.S. government officials.
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