Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - History
Hamas - Quick timeline. 1984. Arrest of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, condemned to 12 years of prison after the discovery of an arms cache. Yas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Activities
Hamas' first use of suicide bombing occured on April 16, 1993 when a suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden van detonated between two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Beliefs
Hamas regards the territory of the present-day State of Israel — as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — as an inalienable Isla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - History
Hamas was funded directly and indirectly during the 1970s and 1980s by various states including Saudi Arabia. The political/charitable ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi
Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (October 23, 1947 - April 17, 2004) was the co-foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucky O'hare: Encyclopedia - Bucky O'hare
Bucky O'Hare was created by comic writer Larry Hama in the late 1970s. It was first published by Continuity Comics in comic book form in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cobra Organization: Encyclopedia - Cobra Organization
The Cobra Organization (officially called Cobra Command) is the fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe team, and part of a line of action figu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah: Encyclopedia - Jewish Messiah
The Jewish Messiah, (משיח) or Mashiach, or Moshiach, has traditionally referred to a future Jewish king from the Davidic line who wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Days Of Penitence: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Days Of Penitence - Timeline
Notable events in the timeline are as follows: Operation Days of Penitence - September 29. Five Palestinians, including Hamas member T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plo And Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Plo And Hamas - Joint Violent Attacks
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a militant faction of Yasser Arafat's Fatah, which claimed by Israel to be funded by the Palestinian Autho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahmoud Al-zahar: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahmoud Al-zahar - Pre-hamas Life
Born to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother in 1945, little is known about al-Zahar's early life. At the age of 26, he graduated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Expulsion And Return
In December 1992, Rantissi was expelled to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Expulsion And Return
In December 1992, Rantissi was expelled to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Explosive Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Explosive Belt - Description
The explosive belt usually consists of several cylinders filled with explosive (de facto pipe bombs), or in more sophisticated versions w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hama: Encyclopedia Ii - Hama - Ancient History
The ancient settlement of Hama was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. It was excavated between 1931-1933 by a Danish team...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Explosive Belt: Encyclopedia Ii - Explosive Belt - History
Explosive belts were introduced by the Tamil Tiger group in Sri Lanka. The first use of one was in 1991 when Thenmuli Rajaratnam, a Tamil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Hama: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Hama - Early Life And Career
Larry Hama is a third-generation American, born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and raised in Queens. He "played Kodokan Judo as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Larry Hama: Encyclopedia Ii - Larry Hama - G.i. Joe
Larry Hama is best known as the original writer of the popular 1980s comic book G.I. Joe. According to Hama[citation needed], he was give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict - Incidents Since September 2000 And Prior To 2004
On April 24, 2002, three children aged 12, 13 and 14 were killed while attempting to infilitate Netzarim settlement in the Gaza Strip. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Selected Timeline
On June 6, 2003, Rantissi broke off discussions with PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who had called for an end to "armed resistance". On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Selected Timeline
On June 6, 2003, Rantissi broke off discussions with PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who had called for an end to "armed resistance". On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict - Incidents In 2004
On March 24, 2004, one week after capturing a bomb in the bag of 12-year-old Abdullah Quran[14] [15], possibly placed without his knowled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibrahim Al-makadmeh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibrahim Al-makadmeh - Assassination
Al-Makadmeh and three of his aides were killed when three Israeli helicopter gunships fired up to five missiles at the car he was in as i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Personal Life
Rantissi was born in Yubna near Jaffa. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, his family fled to the Gaza Strip. He studied pediatric medic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Personal Life
Rantissi was born in Yubna near Jaffa. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, his family fled to the Gaza Strip. He studied pediatric medic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Personal Life
Rantissi was born in Yubna, a village close to modern Yavne, near Jaffa. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, his family fled to the Gaza...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Death By Missile
On April 17, 2004, Rantissi was liquidated by the Israeli Defense Forces with missiles fired at his car. The manner of death was just as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Dennis Rohan: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Dennis Rohan - Arab Reaction To Arson Attack
The Arab press accused the government of Israel and claimed that Rohan was "Jewish". Yassar Arafat later developed a regular television i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdel Aziz Al-rantissi - Death By Missile
On April 17, 2004, Rantissi was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces with missiles fired at his car. The manner of death was just as he c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibrahim Al-makadmeh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibrahim Al-makadmeh - Biography
Al-Makadmeh, age 52, was the father of seven children. He was a devoted preacher and political activist opposed to the Israeli occupation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Political Parties And Elections
From the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1993 until the death of Yasser Arafat in late 2004, only one election had taken pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Current Events
Since the beginning of the Second Intifada, a growing number of Palestinians have stopped accepting the Palestinian Authority as a repres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict - Overview
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and especially during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, controversy has arisen over the participation of minors ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Dennis Rohan: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Dennis Rohan - Israeli Chief Rabbinate Response
Official Israeli Policy toward the Temple Mount According to the Jewish Political Studies Review, Volume 11:1-2, Spring 1999, author Yoel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - State Of Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - State Of Palestine - States That Recognize The State Of Palestine
A total of 94 countries fully recognize the Palestinian Authority, and eleven more grant some form of diplomatic status to a Palestinian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Dennis Rohan: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Dennis Rohan - Other Sources Currently Advocating The Restoration Of The Temple
Since 1967 there have been various attempts by individuals and by groups to assault the Temple Mount in order to perform Jewish blood sac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Suicide Bombers In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict - Incidents In 2005
On February 3, Mahmoud Tabouq, a 15- or 16 year-old Palestinian, was arrested at the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus carrying a bag contain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Dennis Rohan: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Dennis Rohan - Brief Biography
Not much seems to be known at present about Michael Rohan apart from his sudden emergence in the wake of the fire at the Al-Aqsa mosque. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Legislative Election 2006: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Legislative Election 2006 - Pre-election Opinion Polls
The Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research polled 1,316 adults in the West bank and Gaza strip in early December 2005 on their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qassam Rocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Qassam Rocket - History Of The Qassam
Qassam rockets are named after the Izz ad-din al-Qassam Brigades, the pro-forma "military" branch of Hamas. According to the Hamas, the Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Organisations - Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations
List of terrorist organisations - Palestinian. Main article: Palestinian political violence Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Aqsa Martyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qassam Rocket: Encyclopedia Ii - Qassam Rocket - List Of Notable Qassam Attacks
On June 28, 2004, the first fatal Qassam rocket attack occurred in Sderot, when rockets launched by Hamas killed two Israelis. On Septemb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties In The Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In The Palestinian National Authority - The Parties
The following organizations, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections inside the Palestinian National Authority: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akram Al-hawrani: Encyclopedia Ii - Akram Al-hawrani - Background
Born into a formerly wealthy land-owning family in Hama, al-Hawrani himself grew up in modest circumstances as the family wealth had been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syrian Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Syrian Army - International Disputes
Since 1967, part the Golan Heights territory of South East Syria is under Israeli military occupation or annexation. Since 1973, the ceas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hezbollah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hezbollah - Foreign Relations
Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hezbollah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hezbollah - Foreign Relations
Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Defensive Shield: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Defensive Shield - Background
In March 2002, more than 135 Israeli civilians were killed in attacks committed by Palestinian factions such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Officials
Past Prime Minister: Mahmoud Abbas: March 19, 2003 - September 6, 2003 Ahmad Qurei: October 7, 2003 - December 15, 2005 Past Presidents...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rifaat Al-assad: Encyclopedia Ii - Rifaat Al-assad - Under Hafiz' Rule
He played a key role in his brother's takeover of executive power in 1970, dubbed The Corrective Revolution, and ran the elite internal s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Yassin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Yassin - Release From Prison And Life After Imprisonment
In 1997 Yassin was released from Israeli prison as part of an arrangement with Jordan following a failed assassination attempt of Khaled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Yassin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Yassin - Release And Later Life
In 1997 Yassin was released from Israeli prison as part of an arrangement with Jordan following a failed assassination attempt of Khaled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Political Parties And Elections
From the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1993 until the death of Yasser Arafat in late 2004, only one election had taken pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Officials
Past Prime Ministers: Mahmoud Abbas: March 19, 2003 - September 6, 2003 Ahmad Qurei: October 7, 2003 - December 15, 2005 Nabil Shaath: D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Days Of Penitence: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Days Of Penitence - Events
Following the death of two Israeli children from a Qassam rocket launched by Palestinian militants, Israel launched a major military atta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Politics And Internal Structure
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has historically been associated with the PLO, with whom Israel negotiated the Oslo Accords. The Chairman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaizar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaizar - Early History
Located on the Orontes to the northwest of Hama, Shaizar was an ancient town, known as Senzar or Sezar in the Amarna letters. To the Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Allegations Of Lawlessness In Palestinian Areas
Palestinian National Authority - Violence against civilians. The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group reports everyday disagreemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Finances
Palestinian National Authority - Use of European Union assistance. In February 2004, it was reported that the European Union (EU) anti-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Allegations Of Lawlessness In Palestinian Areas
Palestinian National Authority - Violence against civilians. The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group reports everyday disagreemen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian National Authority: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian National Authority - Finances
According to the World Bank, USD $929 million were given by the international community to the PNA in 2001, $891 millions in 2003 and $11...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Road Map For Peace: Encyclopedia Ii - Road Map For Peace - Halt In Implementation
After Bush left the region, a series of retaliatory attacks by Israelis and Palestinians threatened to derail the road map. On June 10, I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerusalem Bus 2 Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerusalem Bus 2 Massacre - Reactions
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which put a seal on the so-called 3-month-Hudna announced on July 2003. US president George ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Khan Yunis: Encyclopedia Ii - Khan Yunis - Khan Yunis In The Al-aqsa Intifada
It was the site of Israeli helicopter attacks in August 2001 and October 2002. Khan Yunis is known as a stronghold of the radical group H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - January 2005 - Events
January 2005 - January 31 2005. Arab-Israeli Conflict: A ten-year-old Palestinian girl dies after being shot in the head as she played...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bashar Al-assad: Encyclopedia Ii - Bashar Al-assad - Foreign Relations
Despite tense relations with Israel, Assad has repeatedly called for a resumption of talks on the issue of the Golan Heights, occupied by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jenin: Encyclopedia Ii - Jenin - History
Jenin was a center of civil unrest during the Great Uprising of Palestinians in the years 1936-1939; in particular, it was the base of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmed Jibril: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmed Jibril - Signature
The PFLP-GC maintained cells in several European cities, which carried out anti-American or anti-Israeli operations behalf of Syria, Liby...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence In The Israeli-palestinian Conflict - List Of Organisations On Both Sides Which Are Or Have Been Responsible For Violence
Category:Islamic terrorist organizations PLO Hamas Hezbollah Islamic Jihad Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Category:Jewish terrorist organi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operation Days Of Penitence: Encyclopedia Ii - Operation Days Of Penitence - Casualties
Number of casualties during September 29, 2004 - October 15, 2004. Operation Days of Penitence - Israelis. Two children killed by a Qa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labour Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Labour Israel - Other Names For The Party
The following are the names that the Israeli Labour party has used: Zion workers פועלי ציון ("Zion's Workers", "Poalei Zion"). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Martyrs' Brigades: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - Activities
The al-Aqsa brigades are responsible for dozens of suicide bombings and many more shooting attacks against Israeli vehicles in the West B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shayetet 13: Encyclopedia Ii - Shayetet 13 - Current Status
During the al-Aqsa Intifada, the S-13 soldiers decided not to limit themselves to naval operations and took part in ground counter terror...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Martyrs' Brigades: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - Activities
The al-Aqsa brigades are responsible for dozens of suicide bombings and many more shooting attacks against Israeli vehicles in the West B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bashar Al-assad: Encyclopedia Ii - Bashar Al-assad - Foreign Relations
Despite tense relations with Israel, Assad has repeatedly called for a resumption of talks on the issue of the Golan Heights, occupied by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dhimmi: Encyclopedia Ii - Dhimmi - Modern Vs. Customary Practice
The religious and legal views on the status of dhimmis have historically been a practical issue, but today have become a purely theoretic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia Ii - Alawite - Population
Traditionally Alawites live in the mountains along the Mediterranean coast of Syria; Latakia and Tartous are the region's principal citie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Storm Shadow G.i. Joe: Encyclopedia Ii - Storm Shadow G.i. Joe - Comic
Storm Shadow first appeared in issue# 21 and was created by Larry Hama. His real name is Thomas S. Arashikage (Arashi = "Storm" and kage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yasser Arafat: Encyclopedia Ii - Yasser Arafat - Political Survival And Marginalization
Arafat's long personal and political survival was taken by most Western commentators as a sign of his mastery of asymmetric warfare and h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zengi: Encyclopedia Ii - Zengi - Zengi Against Damascus
Zengi became atabeg of Mosul in 1127, and of Aleppo in 1128, uniting the two cities under his personal rule, and was formally invested as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zaki Al-arsuzi: Encyclopedia Ii - Zaki Al-arsuzi - Later Life
After his return from Baghdad in 1940 al-Arsuzi had gained a position teaching philosophy but he was soon dismissed from it. From 1945 un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Extremist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Extremist Terrorism - Muslim Attitudes Towards Terrorism
In parliamentary election of January 2006, 57% of Palestinians voted for Hamas[6], which is designated as a terrorist organization by Isr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism Against Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism Against Israel - The First Intifada
In December 1987 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza rose up in a popular civil revolt (named Intifada, Arabic for "shaking off"), opp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Militant Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Militant Islam - A Cover Story?
Some of these movements do not practice much of Islam, a few do. Hamas, for instance, has both a social organization in the Gaza Strip, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine - General Command: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine - General Command - After Oslo
Following the rise of Hamas in the 1987-91 First Intifadeh among the Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza, Jibril found an able ally i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Jazeera: Encyclopedia Ii - Al Jazeera - On The Internet
The Arabic version of the site was brought offline for about 10 hours by an FBI raid on its ISP, InfoCom Corporation, on September 5, 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine - Current Political Situation
The fall of the Soviet Union and consequent decline in support for Marxist-Leninist organizations, together with the rise in the Arab wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Reaction
In the Muslim world, the killing of Berg was strongly condemned by some and ignored by others. Scholars at Al-Azhar University in Cairo i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Police: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Police - Weapons And Gear
Israeli police officers are obliged to carry personal firearms while on duty. This is because the Israeli police duties include also coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Jazeera: Encyclopedia Ii - Al Jazeera - On The Internet
The Arabic version of the site was brought offline for about 10 hours by an FBI raid on its ISP, InfoCom Corporation, on September 5, 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nick Berg: Encyclopedia Ii - Nick Berg - Reaction
In the Muslim world, the killing of Berg was strongly condemned by some and ignored by others. Scholars at Al-Azhar University in Cairo i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Palestine - Intifada Separation Barrier Road Map
From 1987 to 1993 the First Intifada by Palestinians against Israel took place. A fierce Intifada by the Palestinians then erupted in 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamist Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamist Terrorism - Terrorist View
In the view of the terrorists involved, they are defending Islam and the Ummah. They believe that what they are doing is fighting agressi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. State Department List Of Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. State Department List Of Foreign Terrorist Organizations - Current List Of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
This list was current as of October 11, 2005. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) Abu Sayyaf Group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Ansar al-Islam Armed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Overview
Founded in 1987, Hamas won a majority over the ruling Fatah party during the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election. As an Islamic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Activities
Hamas used the 1994 Mosque of Abraham massacre in Hebron of 29 Muslim worshippers by Baruch Goldstein to justify its first suicide bombin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Beliefs
The Hamas Covenant, written in 1988, states that the organization's goal is to "raise the banner of God over every inch of Palestine," i....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Background
Hamas regards the land that it calls Palestine, including present-day Israel (without the Golan Heights), as an Islamic homeland that can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Legal Action Against Hamas
In 2004, a federal court in the United States found Hamas liable in a civil lawsuit for the 1996 murders of Yaron and Efrat Ungar near Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamas: Encyclopedia Ii - Hamas - Legal Action Against Hamas
In 2004, a federal court in the United States found Hamas liable in a civil lawsuit for the 1996 murders of Yaron and Efrat Ungar near Be...   » Read the article