The People v. Leo Frank | PBS
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The People v. Leo Frank premieres Monday, November 2, 2009. Check Local Listings to see when it is airing on your local PBS station
History & Overview of the Likud Party | Jewish Virtual Library
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The Likud Party (The Consolidation, in Hebrew) is a right wing political party in Israel founded by revolutionary leader Menachem Begin and was the first right-leaning party to lead the Israeli government. It is currently headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Likud | political party, Israel | Encyclopedia Britannica
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Likud,Hebrew in full Likud-Liberalim Leumi, English Unity-National Liberals, right-wing Israeli political party.
Hamas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hamas (Arabic: ams, an acronym of arakat al-Muqwamah al-Islmiyyah Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Islamic[10] organization, with an associated military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades,[11] in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the Middle East including Qatar.[12] Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Canada,[13]Israel, Japan,[14][15] and the United States.[16]Australia and the United Kingdom have designated the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, as a terrorist organization.[17][18] The organization is banned in Jordan.[19] It is not regarded as a terrorist organization by Iran, Russia,[20]Norway,[21]Switzerland,[22]Brazil,[23]Turkey,[24]China,[25][26][27][28] and Qatar.[29] Based on the principles of Islamism gaining momentum throughout the Arab world in the 1980s, Hamas was founded sometime in 1988[30] soon after the First Intifada broke out, as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood,[3][4] which in its Gaza branch had been non-confrontational towards Israel, refrained from resistance, and was hostile to the PLO.[31] Co-founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin stated in 1987, and the Hamas Charter affirmed in 1988, that Hamas was founded to liberate Palestine, including modern-day Israel, from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.[32][33] The group has later stated that it may accept a 10-year truce if Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders and allows Palestinian refugees from 1948, as well as their descendants, to return to what is now Israel.[34][35][36][37] The military wing of Hamas has launched attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. Tactics include suicide bombings, and since 2001, rocket attacks.[38][38][39][40][41][42][43] Hamas's rocket arsenal has evolved from short-range, homemade Qassam rockets, to long-range weapons that have reached major Israeli cities including Tel Aviv and Haifa.[44][45] The attacks on civilians have been condemned as war crimes and crimes against humanity by human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch.[46][47] In the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections, Hamas won a decisive majority in the Palestinian Parliament,[48] defeating the PLO-affiliated Fatah party. Following the elections, the Quartet (the United States, Russia, United Nations, and European Union) made future foreign assistance to the PA conditional upon the future government's commitment to non-violence, recognition of the state of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements.
Hamas – The New York Times
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Apr. 30, 2015 Witnesses say demonstrators in Gaza, protesting unemployment, poverty and dire living conditions, were beaten with sticks and herded into jeeps by Hamas security officials. MORE United Nations internal inquiry finds that Israeli military actions killed 44 Palestinian civilians in seven United Nations schools during 2014 conflict in Gaza and that no weapons were found in those buildings; notes that other vacant UN-run schools had been used by Hamas to store weapons; Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon criticizes Israel for attacks and Hamas for misuse of facilities; weighs whether to seek reparations from Israel alone or from Palestinian militants as well
HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) – Terrorist Groups – NCTC
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BACKGROUND 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
History of Hamas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The History of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian Islamist[1][2]fundamentalist[3][4][5] socio-political organization with an associated paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.[1][6][7] Hamas () ams is an acronym of arakat al-Muqwamat al-Islmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement". Hamas was established in 1987, and has its origins in Egypts Muslim Brotherhood movement, which had been active in the Gaza Strip since the 1950s and gained influence through a network of mosques and various charitable and social organizations. In the 1980s the Brotherhood emerged as a powerful political factor, challenging the influence of the PLO,[5] and in 1987 adopted a more nationalist and activist line under the name of Hamas.[5] During the 1990s and early 2000s, the organization conducted numerous suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel.
Dead Sea – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dead Sea (Hebrew: , Ym HaMla, "Sea of Salt", also Hebrew: , Ym HaMwe, "The Sea of Death",[5] and Arabic: al-Bar al-Mayyit(helpinfo),), also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, and Palestine and Israel to the west. Its surface and shores are 429 metres (1,407ft) below sea level,[6] Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 304m (997ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
Is the Dead Sea really dead? – HowStuffWorks
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In name only, the Dead Sea may not sound like the most charming place in the world to visit. Despite its gloomy moniker, however, the salty body of water is known for its ability to bolster the mind, body and soul
Golan Heights – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Golan Heights (Arabic: Habatu 'l-Jawln or Murtafatu l-Jawln, Hebrew: , Ramat ha-Golan (audio)(helpinfo)), or simply the Golan or the Syrian Golan,[3] is a region in the Levant. The exact region defined as the Golan Heights is different in different disciplines: The earliest evidence of human habitation dates to the Upper Paleolithic period.[4] According to the Bible, an Amorite Kingdom in Bashan was conquered by Israelites during the reign of King Og.[5] Throughout the Old Testament period, the Golan was "the focus of a power struggle between the Kings of Israel and the Aramaeans who were based near modern-day Damascus."[6] The Itureans, an Arab or Aramaic people, settled there in the 2nd century BCE and remained until the end of the Byzantine period.[7][8][9] Organized Jewish settlement in the region came to an end in 636 CE when it was conquered by Arabs under Umar ibn al-Khattb.[10] In the 16th century, the Golan was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and was part of the Vilayet of Damascus until it was transferred to French control in 1918.
