Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on February 7, 2012

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to form a unity government led by Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority and head of rival Palestinian faction Fatah.  But who is Hamas?  What is their relationship with Fatah, and what might Hamas gain from reconciling with them?  Here are five key questions about Hamas. – Arthur Bright, Correspondent Hamas emerged as the Palestinian wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood after the outbreak of the first intifada in 1987 and is the largest Palestinian militant organization, as Kristen Chick wrote in a 2009 Monitor briefing. An Arabic word that means zeal or enthusiasm, “Hamas” is also an acronym for the group's official Arabic name, the Islamic Resistance Movement.

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Who is Hamas? 5 questions about the Palestinian militant group.

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