Hamas/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Palestinian Authority [r]: The elected government, not fully sovereign, of the Occupied Territories of Palestine ^[e]
• Occupied Territories [r]: Those parts of Jordan (i.e., the West Bank and East Jerusalem) and Egypt (i.e., Gaza) that were occupied by the Israeli Defense Forces during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, and are now under the civil authority of the Palestinian Authority subject to Israeli military control; this specific term implies a belief that the Israeli actions are illegal, with which the State of Israel does not agree ^[e]

Subtopics

Leadership

• Ismail Haniya [r]: Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza; considered a moderate within Hamas ^[e]
• Mousa Abu Marzook [r]: Deputy of the political bureau of Hamas, resident in Damascus, Syria; considered a moderate within that organization ^[e]

Supporters

• Yusuf al-Qaradawi [r]: Add brief definition or description

Specialized terminology

• Hudna. An Arabic word meaning a temporary but renewable cease-fire or truce.
• Waqf (Islam) [r]: Literally, Arabic for hold, confinement or prohibition; in Islamic jurisprudence, holding certain property and preserving it for the confined benefit of certain desirable goals and forbidding others; often in the name of Islamic philanthropic organizations and sometimes to express Palestinian rights to land ^[e]

Military and terror operations

• Palestinian bombardment of Israel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 2009 Gaza conflict [r]: Add brief definition or description

Legal actions

• U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation [r]: A 2004 U.S. prosecution against an ostensible charitable foundation that was convicted of funding Hamas ^[e]

Israeli commentators

• Ami Ayalon [r]: Minister without Portfolio (2007-2009) and Member of Knesset; Former head of the Shin Bet and Israeli Defense Forces Navy; Medal of Valor (Israel) recipient; recommends third-party negotiations with Hamas ^[e]

Other related topics

• • Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9/11 attack and other terrorist attacks. ^[e]
• State of Iran [r]: The system of governance, government, and opposition (including insurgency) in Iran; characterized by both a complex structure of six or more constitutional bodies, and ultimate religious authority under the doctrine of wilayat al-faqih ^[e]
• Islamic Society of North America [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Council on American Islamic Relations [r]: Self-described as a Muslim American civil liberties and advocacy group, which makes its audited finances public, a group that has been challenged as a militant Islamic front by generally ideological critics ^[e]

• Daniel Pipes [r]: Director of the Middle East Forum; publisher, Middle East Quarterly and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University; member, Committee on the Present Danger; book author and columnist, director 1986-1983, Foreign Policy Research Institute; board member, United States Institute of Peace; son of Soviet specialist Richard Pipes; Hasbara speakers bureau; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union ^[e]
• J Street [r]: A U.S. lobbying organization, formed in 2008, positioned as an advocate of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli and Israel-Palestine Conflicts, more liberal than many other U.S. Zionist organizations and the government of the State of Israel ^[e]
• Council for the National Interest [r]: U.S. interest group supporting a policy toward the State of Israel, which is defined in terms of American interests ^[e]