Editing Hamas (section)

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{{Evil Organization
|Box title = Evil Organization
|Image = Hamas green flag.jpg
|fullname = Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah
|alias = Hamas
|origin = Palestine
|foundation = 1987
|headquarters = Gaza City, Gaza
|commanders = [[Ismail Haniyeh]]<br>[[Khaled Mashal]]<br>[[Yahya Sinwar]]
|agents = [[Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook]]<br>[[Mohammed Deif]]<br>[[Ahmed Jabari]]<br>[[Imad Abbas]]<br>[[Salah Shehade]]<br>[[Adnan al-Ghoul]]<br>[[Abdullah Barghouti]]
|skills = Military skills<br>Governing authority over the Gaza Strip
|goals = Become the sole governing power of Palestine (partially succeeded)<br>Have Israel effectively eliminated (continuously conspiring)<br>Slander Jews (ongoing)
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Oppression<br>Extrajudicial [[murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Holocaust denial]]<br>[[Blood libel]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Christophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Catholicism]]
|type of villains = Fanatic Extremists
|size = 
}}
{{Quote|Our plan for this stage is to liberate any inch of Palestinian land, and to establish a state on it. Our ultimate plan is to have Palestine in its entirety.|[[Mahmoud Al-Zahhar]] states the goal of Hamas, June 15, 2010}}
'''Hamas''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [[Militant Islam|militant Islamist]]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-islamist.2Fislamic_5-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]]</sup> organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup> located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories]. They have been the principal governing power of the Gaza Strip since 2007.

Hamas' stated goal is the abolishment of the State of Israel as well as the establishment of an Islamic state in the Palestinian territories. They are considered to be a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, and the European Union.