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Islamic Resistance Movement حركة المقاومة الإسلامية
Chairman of the Political Bureau Hamas temporary committee
Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau Vacant
Islamic Resistance Movement حركة المقاومة الإسلامية
Chairman of the Political Bureau Hamas temporary committee
Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau Vacant
Wikipedia
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Hamas - Wikipedia
2 days ago - The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades.
Council on Foreign Relations
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What Is Hamas? | Council on Foreign Relations
October 6, 2025 - Introduction Hamas is an Islamist militant movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades. It violently rejects the existence of Israel, which it claims is occupying Palestine.
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DNI
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terrorist group Hamas
HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its roots are in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is supported by a robust sociopolitical structure inside the Palestinian territories. The group’s charter calls for establishing ...
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Avalon Project
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The Avalon Project : Hamas Covenant 1988
This Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), clarifies its picture, reveals its identity, outlines its stand, explains its aims, speaks about its hopes, and calls for its support, adoption and joining its ranks. Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious.
Wilson Center
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Doctrine of Hamas | Wilson Center
Hamas was founded—in the early days of the first Intifada uprising—amid growing Palestinian fury over the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The Hamas Covenant was largely crafted by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a quadriplegic and partially blind cleric who was the founder and spiritual leader of the militant militia in Gaza.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Hamas | Definition, History, Ideology, & Facts | Britannica
4 days ago - Hamas is a militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. The group won an electoral majority in the 2006 legislative elections, but the legislature ...
AP News
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Hamas is ready to discuss freezing or storing its weapons, senior official says | AP News
Hamas’ ideology is deeply rooted in what it calls armed resistance against Israel, and its leaders have rejected calls to surrender despite over two years of war that left large parts of Gaza destroyed and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
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Description Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, is a radical Islamist-nationalist terrorist organization that emerged from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987. It uses political and violent means to pursue its goal of establishing an ...
FAS
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THE COVENANT OF THE HAMAS - MAIN POINTS
THE COVENANT OF THE HAMAS - MAIN ... 1988. The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as the HAMAS, is an extremist fundamentalist Islamic organization operating in the territories under Israeli control....
BBC
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What is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza?
October 14, 2025 - Hamas is an armed Palestinian group and political movement in the Gaza Strip.
The Guardian
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Hamas | The Guardian
2 weeks ago - About 3,185 results for Hamas · 1234... Explore more on these topics · Israel · Middle East and north Africa · Palestine · Gaza · Israel-Gaza war · World · Europe · US news · Americas · Asia · Australia · Middle East · Africa · Inequality ·
Congress.gov
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Hamas: Background, Current Status, and U.S. Policy | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Hamas (or the Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist military and sociopolitical movement, and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Hamas's primary base of action and support is in the Gaza Strip, which ...
NPR
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Hamas signals willingness to disarm, but Israel may reject key condition : NPR
2 weeks ago - Hamas says it is willing to lay down its weapons after two years of war in Gaza, but Israel may not agree to its main condition.
The Guardian
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Disarming Hamas should not be first task of Gaza stabilisation force, Turkey says | Gaza | The Guardian
2 weeks ago - The Hamas chief negotiator and its Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, has said it would hand over its weapons to “the authority of the state”, later clarifying that meant a sovereign and independent Palestinian state.
European Council on Foreign Relations
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Hamas – European Council on Foreign Relations
January 13, 2025 - The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas was established during the start of the First Intifada in December 1987. It was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine, who eventually turned Hamas into an ...
CNN
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Hamas willing to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ weapons, senior official says, amid concerns over ceasefire | CNN
2 weeks ago - Hamas is willing to discuss “freezing or storing” its weapons, a senior official said on Sunday, amid concerns that the nascent ceasefire deal between Israel and the militant group could collapse.
NYTimes
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A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day - The New York Times
2 weeks ago - A cease-fire after two years of war with Israel has allowed Hamas to tighten its grip on power again. “It’s still standing,” one Israeli official said.
AP News
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Hamas calls for more international pressure on Israel before ceasefire's next phase
2 weeks ago - JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday called for more international pressure on Israel before the militant group moves forward with the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, with a Hamas leader saying it wants Israel to open a key border crossing, cease deadly strikes and allow more aid into the strip devastated by the two-year war.
Global Affairs Canada
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Canadian policy on key issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
October 2, 2025 - Canada has listed Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and other groups as terrorist organizations in accordance with UN Resolution 1373 (2001) and Canadian legislation.
American Jewish Committee
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Israel at War: What You Need To Know | AJC
1 week ago - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on October 8, 2025 that Israel and Hamas signed the first phase of an agreement to end the war in Gaza based on the 20-point plan released in late September, pledging the release of all hostages, a partial Israeli troop withdrawal, and the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners.