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Israel and Hamas Inch Closer to a Prisoner DealHamas has been pushing for the release of Barghouti, a longtime advocate of unity between Hamas and Fatah, in contrast to Abbas and other leaders of the organization who are engaged in an ongoing power struggle against the Islamists. In this article: Hamas, Marwan Barghouti, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Meir Shamgar |
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze
...this line." Israel's proposed settlement freeze appears to be aimed in part at boosting Abbas in his rivalry with Hamas militants, who are poised to claim a major victory if they can secure a prisoner swap with Israel. Hamas says the...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, West Bank, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Gilad Schalit, Gaza Strip, Mideast, and Suicide
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Israel halts some settlement, urges Abbas to talk
...the Arab world may be diminishing rapidly. Abbas broke off talks with Netanyahu's predecessor over Israel's offensive last December in the Gaza Strip, ruled by Abbas's Islamist rivals, Hamas. There did not appear to be any direct link...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jerusalem, West Bank, Salam Fayyad, United States, and Washington
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Guardian Unlimited | 1 day ago
Palestine hopes for prisoner swap
...still in power?" One Palestinian opinion poll in August said if Abbas stood as Fatah's candidate for the Palestinian presidency against Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader and former prime minister, he would win 52% to 38%. However, if it was...
In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, and West Bank
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Reuters | 5 days ago
Prisoner deal hits snag on Hamas demands
...prisoners that Hamas wants included on the release roster. Hamas has long stated that jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is among the prisoners it wants released by Israel. Seen as a potential successor to Palestinian President Mahmoud...
In this article: Marwan Barghouti, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Salam Fayyad, Gaza, Fatah, and West Bank
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BBC News | November 17, 2009
Political turmoil
...West Bank. Mr Abbas, however, has angered Palestinians in the past year. He was slow to condemn the Israeli assault in Gaza and criticized Hamas as the bombs fell. He was blamed by many for the initial failure of the Palestinian Authority...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Gaza, Pennsylvania, West Bank, Ismail Haniya, and Salam Fayyad
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Hamas (حماس Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Islamic socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, after winning a large majority in the Palestinian Parliament and defeating rival Palestinian party Fatah in a series of violent clashes, described by some journalists, experts and publications as a preemptive response to fears of a 'U.S.-backed coup', Hamas has governed the Gaza portion of the Palestinian Territories. The European Union, the United States, Israel, Canada, and Japan have classified Hamas as a terrorist organization, while the United Kingdom and Australia apply this classification to only the military wing of Hamas.
Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and Mohammad Taha of the Palestinian wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada, an uprising against Israeli rule in the Palestinian Territories. Hamas launched numerous suicide bombings against Israelis, the first of them in April, 1993. Hamas ceased the attacks in 2005 and renounced them in April, 2006. Hamas has also been responsible for rocket attacks, improvised explosive device attacks, and shootings, but it reduced those operations in 2005 and 2006.
Through its funding and management of schools, health-care clinics, mosques, youth groups, athletic clubs and day-care centers, Hamas by the mid-1990s had attained a "well-entrenched" presence in the West Bank and Gaza. An estimated 80% to 90% of Hamas revenues fund health, social welfare, religious, cultural, and educational services.
- Local Name:
- حركة المقاومة الاسلامية
- Headquarters:
- Gaza
- Founder:
- Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
- Head:
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- Khaled Mashaal
- Senior members
- Not publicly disclosed.
- Mahmoud Zahar
- Ismail Haniyah
- Ideology:
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- Religious nationalism
- Islamism
- Palestinian nationalism
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