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 = ''See below''
|Agents = [[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 = Jingoist terrorists
|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.<ref name = CFR>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hamas What Is Hamas?], Council on Foreign Relations</ref>

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.