*Discusses the origins of Hamas and important leaders like Sheikh Yassin, Khaled Meshaal, and others. *Covers the Middle East conflict from the formation of Israel to today. *Includes

The History of Hamas

*Discusses the origins of Hamas and important leaders like Sheikh Yassin, Khaled Meshaal, and others.
*Covers the Middle East conflict from the formation of Israel to today.
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.
In 1988, a recently organized militant group issued its charter, which called upon Muslims to â€œraise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.â€ The group, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, declared, "Allah is its goal, the Prophet is the model, the Qur'an its constitution, jihad its path, and death for the sake of Allah its most sublime belief.â€ Vowing to fight off the â€œZionist invaders,â€ the charter states, â€œThe time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews [and kill them]; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: Oh Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!â€
Despite having a charter that called for the murder of Jews across the world, Israel actually bolstered this fundamentalist religious group, universally known as Hamas, during its formative years in the 1980s. After occupying the Gaza Strip, Israel encouraged the rise of Islamists as a way of undercutting the secular Palestine Liberation Organization, which Israel had always viewed as the greater threat. One of the individuals who Israel helped was Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gaza Strip, who had organized a charity that built mosques, clubs, and schools there.
Less than 20 years later, the political situation in the Palestinian territories became far more complicated. Although the extent of cooperation between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority during the â€˜90s and early 2000s was disputed, Hamas was voted into power in elections in the Gaza Strip and the two sides eventually engaged in a civil war in 2007, with Hamas crushing the PAâ€™s forces in the Gaza Strip and becoming the sole power in that territory.
Since Hamasâ€™ rise to power, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to war, blockades, and a tense political situation, as Israel and the U.S. have called upon Hamas to renounce violence, recognize Israelâ€™s right to exist, and honor past agreements between Israelis and Palestinians. But Hamas leaders have continued to refuse all of the preconditions and remain committed to Israelâ€™s destruction.
The History of Hamas chronicles the rise of the organization to power, the influential leaders behind it, the groupâ€™s fighting against Israel, and what the future might hold. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, The History of Hamas will bring readers up to speed on one of the worldâ€™s most important Middle Eastern groups today.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781492369806
ISBN	1492369802
Label	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
NumberOfPages	60
PublicationDate	2013-09-09
Publisher	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Studio	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The History of Hamas

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