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'''Hamas''' is an ~~evil Islamist organization and~~ the ~~ruling party of The Gaza Strip of Palestine~~. ~~It commonly uses attacks against Israel and Jews~~.

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'''Hamas''' is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islamic] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism Islamist][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-islamist.2Fislamic-5 [5]] organization, with an associated military wing, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-6 [6]] located in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories Palestinian territories].

Since June 2007 Hamas has governed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip Gaza Strip], after it won a majority of seats in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Parliament Palestinian Parliament] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_legislative_election,_2006 January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]] and then defeated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah Fatah] political organization in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict#Conflict series of violent clashes]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Israel], the United States,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-SD1-8 [8]] Canada,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-9 [9]] the European Union,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-eu-10 [10]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-11 [11]] and Japan classify Hamas as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations terrorist organization],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-intp-12 [12]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-fox1-13 [13]] while Iran, Russia,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-14 [14]] Turkey,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-15 [15]] and Arab nations do not.

Based on the principles of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism Islamic fundamentalism] gaining momentum throughout the Arab world in the 1980s, Hamas was founded in 1987 (during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada First Intifada]) as an offshoot of the Egyptian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood Muslim Brotherhood].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-WSJ-16 [16]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-crs1993-17 [17]] Co-founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_Ahmed_Yassin Sheik Ahmed Yassin] stated in 1987, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Charter Hamas Charter] affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic Islamic state] in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-18 [18]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-19 [19]] However, in July 2009, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Meshal Khaled Meshal], Hamas's political bureau chief, said the organization was willing to cooperate with "a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict which included a Palestinian state based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_borders 1967 borders]", provided that Palestinian refugees hold the right to return to Israel and that East Jerusalem be the new nation's capital.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-20 [20]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-21 [21]]

~~Many countries~~, ~~such as~~ Israel, the United States and ~~South Korea, consider~~ the ~~group~~ to be a ~~terrorist organization~~. ~~As such~~, the ~~group is often portrayed as villains~~ in the ~~media~~, ~~even going as far~~ as to ~~compare them~~ to the [[~~Nazis~~]].

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas affiliated military wing, has launched attacks on Israel, against both military and civilian targets. Attacks on civilian targets have included [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel rocket attacks] and, from 1993 to 2006, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks suicide bombings].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-22 [22]] Military targets included Israeli outposts and border crossings and rival Palestinian militias in the occupied territories.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-23 [23]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-24 [24]]

In the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]] defeating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization PLO]-affiliated Fatah party. Following the elections, the United States and the EU [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932007_economic_sanctions_against_the_Palestinian_National_Authority halted financial assistance] to the Hamas-led administration.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-Newsweek1-25 [25]] In March 2007 a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinan_authority_national_unity_government national unity government], headed by Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniya Ismail Haniya] of Hamas was briefly formed, but this failed to restart international financial assistance.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] Tensions over control of Palestinian security forces soon erupted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Battle_of_Gaza 2007 Battle of Gaza],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] after which Hamas retained control of Gaza while its officials were ousted from government positions in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]] Israel and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] then imposed an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%93present_blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip economic blockade on Gaza], on the grounds that Fatah forces were no longer providing security there.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-iht.com-27 [27]]

In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]][''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]''] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]] In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]] withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]] After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]] According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel

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-'''Hamas''' is an evil Islamist organization and the ruling party of The Gaza Strip of Palestine. It commonly uses attacks against Israel and Jews.
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+'''Hamas'''  is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Territories Palestinian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni Sunni] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islamic] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamism 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].
+Since June 2007 Hamas has governed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip Gaza Strip], after it won a majority of seats in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Parliament Palestinian Parliament] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_legislative_election,_2006 January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-Hamas-who_7-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]]</sup> and then defeated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah Fatah] political organization in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict#Conflict series of violent clashes]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Israel], the United States,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SD1_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-SD1-8 [8]]</sup> Canada,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup> the European Union,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eu_10-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-eu-10 [10]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-11 [11]]</sup> and Japan classify Hamas as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations terrorist organization],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-intp_12-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-intp-12 [12]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fox1_13-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-fox1-13 [13]]</sup> while Iran, Russia,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-14 [14]]</sup> Turkey,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-15 [15]]</sup> and Arab nations do not.
+Based on the principles of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism Islamic fundamentalism] gaining momentum throughout the Arab world in the 1980s, Hamas was founded in 1987 (during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada First Intifada]) as an offshoot of the Egyptian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood Muslim Brotherhood].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-WSJ_16-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-WSJ-16 [16]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-crs1993_17-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-crs1993-17 [17]]</sup> Co-founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_Ahmed_Yassin Sheik Ahmed Yassin] stated in 1987, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Charter Hamas Charter] affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_republic Islamic state] in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-18 [18]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-19 [19]]</sup> However, in July 2009, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Meshal Khaled Meshal], Hamas's political bureau chief, said the organization was willing to cooperate with "a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict which included a Palestinian state based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_borders 1967 borders]", provided that Palestinian refugees hold the right to return to Israel and that East Jerusalem be the new nation's capital.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-20 [20]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-21 [21]]</sup>
-Many countries, such as Israel, the United States and South Korea, consider the group to be a terrorist organization. As such, the group is often portrayed as villains in the media, even going as far as to compare them to the [[Nazis]].
+The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas affiliated military wing, has launched attacks on Israel, against both military and civilian targets. Attacks on civilian targets have included [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel rocket attacks] and, from 1993 to 2006, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks suicide bombings].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-guardian.co.uk_22-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-guardian.co.uk-22 [22]]</sup> Military targets included Israeli outposts and border crossings and rival Palestinian militias in the occupied territories.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-23 [23]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-24 [24]]</sup>
+In the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-Hamas-who_7-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-BBC-Hamas-who-7 [7]]</sup> defeating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization PLO]-affiliated Fatah party. Following the elections, the United States and the EU [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%932007_economic_sanctions_against_the_Palestinian_National_Authority halted financial assistance] to the Hamas-led administration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Newsweek1_25-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-Newsweek1-25 [25]]</sup> In March 2007 a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinan_authority_national_unity_government national unity government], headed by Prime Minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniya Ismail Haniya] of Hamas was briefly formed, but this failed to restart international financial assistance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> Tensions over control of Palestinian security forces soon erupted into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Battle_of_Gaza 2007 Battle of Gaza],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> after which Hamas retained control of Gaza while its officials were ousted from government positions in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pact_26-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-pact-26 [26]]</sup> Israel and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] then imposed an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%93present_blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip economic blockade on Gaza], on the grounds that Fatah forces were no longer providing security there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-iht.com_27-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-iht.com-27 [27]]</sup>
+In June 2008, as part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_ceasefire Egyptian-brokered ceasefire], Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made some efforts to prevent attacks by other organizations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-28 [28]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> After a four-month calm, the conflict escalated when Israel carried out a military action with the stated aim of preventing an abduction planned by Hamas, using a tunnel that had been dug under the border security fence,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> and killed seven Hamas operatives. In retaliation, Hamas attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ITIC_29-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ITIC-29 [29]]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS broken citation]'']</sup> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ynetnews.com_30-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-ynetnews.com-30 [30]]</sup> In late December 2008, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict Israel attacked Gaza],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-31 [31]]</sup> withdrawing its forces from the territory in mid-January 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-32 [32]]</sup> After the Gaza War, Hamas continued to govern the Gaza Strip and Israel maintained its economic blockade. On May 4, 2011, Hamas and Fatah announced a reconciliation agreement that provides for "creation of a joint caretaker Palestinian government" prior to national elections scheduled for 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#cite_note-33 [33]]</sup> According to Israeli news reports quoting Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, as a condition of joining the PLO, Khaled Meshaal agreed to discontinue the "armed struggle" against Israel and accept Palestinian statehood within the 1967 borders, alongside Israel
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 [[Category:Fanatics]]