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- proper noun An
Islamic militant organization that presses for anindependent Palestinian state and abnegates therecognition ofIsrael .
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- noun a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
Etymologies
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/4/09: Israel's "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas 'Right to Resist "yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Israel\'s "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas\ 'Right to Resist "'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Further exploration of philosophy toward Israel and Hamas is needed if we Americans are going to get closer to a way to an end in the brutality.'
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Please do a google search for Nihad Awad and see his ties to hamas and Hezbollah , he is even pictured at a rally for Hamas while a hezbollah flag wave next to him.
Omar Khadr Fingers Maher Arar As Terrorist « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/4/09: Israel's "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas 'Right to Resist "yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Israel\'s "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas\ 'Right to Resist "'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Further exploration of philosophy toward Israel and Hamas is needed if we Americans are going to get closer to a way to an end in the brutality.'
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/4/09: Israel's "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas 'Right to Resist "yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Israel\'s "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas\ 'Right to Resist "'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Page 2 of Article: Article: Further exploration of philosophy toward Israel and Hamas is needed if we Americans are going to get closer to a way to an end in the brutality.'
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AZIZ SDWEIK, HAMAS, PARLIAMENTARIAN: The mean, and the ways that Hamas used has achieved something, while negotiations with the Israelis have achieved nothing so far.
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 1/4/09: Israel's "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas 'Right to Resist "yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Israel\'s "Right to Exist" vs. Hamas\ 'Right to Resist "'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Page 3 of Article: Article: Further exploration of philosophy toward Israel and Hamas is needed if we Americans are going to get closer to a way to an end in the brutality.'
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FAWZI BARHOUM, HAMAS SPOKESMAN (through translator): Hamas is still here.
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His argument is that if you don't deal with hamas, you will end up with something even more extreme. as to your poster who asked if he supports the people blowing up internet cafes... unlike you, I suspect, he actually went to report first-hand on this at great risk to himself, defending thge victims and condemning the groups commiting these crimes, who are not Hamas, and indeed are anti-Hamas jihadists.
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ZAKI CHEHAB, AUTHOR, "INSIDE HAMAS": As you mentioned earlier, Hamas is a branch of the International Islamic Brotherhood movement.
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AHMED YOUSEF, HAMAS SPOKESMAN: My reaction is, the same things has happened in the West Bank, the people actually attacking Hamas institution and killing people and set fire in their places.
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