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    of a Terrorist Group Hamas:   The Group’s Origins     “Hamas is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement”.     A long history of suicide bombings and other attacks on Israeli civilians and military targets has earned Hamas a well deserved reputation as a murderous terrorist organization.   Hamas’s origins stretch back decades through the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine; and Hamas took it current shape during the early years of the intifada. Hamas was not only formed to resist

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    Hamas (Arabic: حماس‎ Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah 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 the European Union,[13][14] Canada,[15] Israel,[16] Egypt,[17] Japan,[18][19][20][21][22] and the United States.[23] Australia

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    East has brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the attention of the world. These terrorist groups use murder, bombs, threats, and other violent acts to get their way politically. Hamas, the organization that has replaced Fatah as the representative of the Palestinians, is a leading sponsor of terrorism. The Hamas are the leading reason there is not peace in the middle east as they strongly embrace terrorism. This group was created in 1978 and continues to expand its power today. It began as

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    Resistance Movement, also known as al-Harakah al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Hamas), has proven to be an extremely agile and capable terrorist organization in Palestine. They benefit from a deep-rooted sociocultural infrastructure, highly lethal tactics and a complex hierarchy of leadership, all of which have allowed the organization to prosper for over two decades. As where 90% of terrorist groups wither and rapidly falter, Hamas has been able to quickly adapt to the constantly changing political and

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    HAMAS The terrorist group Hamas, was organized on October 8, 1987. The group Hamas has multiple goals they want to accomplish. Hamas wants to ressurect an Islamic state. They refuse to actively participate in any peace with the state of Israel, for they want to kill all non-Muslims living in "Muslim Lands". Hamas wants to be able to take back and control the entire area of "Historic Palestine" by making all Palestines wage the Holy War. Another goal for the Hamas is to have woman have a specific

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    From the beginning, Muslims have always been unhappy with the presence of Israel in “Muslim land”, specifically Palestine. This conflict is the main reason why Hamas was created and why they are so popular in the Middle East. Hamas officially published its charter or “The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement” on August 18, 1988. Hamas is a Palestinian nationalistic and Islamic fundamentalist organization. The charter spells out the organizations objectives, goals, and end state and has been

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    HAMAS, an Arabic acronym meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the name of the socio-political organization currently in power over the Gaza Strip. For decades Jews & Muslims and Israelis & Palestinians, often one in the same, have fought for control over the region. Each have killed thousands of the other, destroyed infrastructures and used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage. Nations such as Japan, the European Union, the United States and (of course) Israel classify the group as terrorists

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    history: the Holocaust. Hamas possesses a radical Islamist ideology of blatant anti-Semitism in which it openly calls for “the killing of Jews, destroying the state of Israel and replacing Israel with a radical Islamist theocracy.” In spite of this, Hamas derives its guidelines from the Islamic religion; the movement refers to the Qur’an for its thinking, understanding and views about existence, life and humanity, inspiration, and conduct. On account of the movement’s Islamic core, Hamas invites all Muslims

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    Is Hamas a terrorist organization or a legitimate political group? Before this question can be addressed, a brief history of the Hamas organization is required. This brief history will cover the beginnings of Hamas, key points of the charter establishing Hamas, and the different interconnected sections of the Hamas organization. Once this is done, the question “Is Hamas a terrorist organization or a legitimate political group?” can be examined. This will be done by dividing the question into

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    Tuberculosis In Hama

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    The rate of tuberculosis is increasing according to a medical source from the Syrian city of Hama. In support of this statement, the internal medicine doctor, Kamal Al-Taqi, confirmed the rates are rising, and there have been multiple deaths due to the resistance of the antibiotic treatment. As the evidence shows, these events take place in the both Hama and northern Syrian regions. Throughout the city, numerous deaths of small children and the elderly are caused tuberculosis (International Society

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