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Hamas is an Islamist Palestinian movement combining , whose foundational documents call for liberation of historic Palestine and reject Israel’s legitimacy, while later statements have softened some r...
The claim compresses two separate arguments: that Palestinians “repeatedly refused statehood,” and that the experience of Gaza demonstrates a Palestinian state would fail; both require nuance. Histori...
Most available public-opinion data and electoral history indicate that Hamas enjoys substantial but not majority-consensual political support in Gaza: polls and past elections show large pluralities o...
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), dominated by Fatah, has historically received political, military and diplomatic support from Arab states (notably Syria and Egypt at different times), san...
Hamas and Fatah differ sharply on Israel’s legitimacy, the means to achieve Palestinian statehood, and political strategy, with , while . Recent unity talks and international developments have forced ...
Since 1948 the territory variously called has been claimed, annexed, occupied, administered or represented by multiple modern states and political administrations: chiefly , , and (through direct admi...
Hamas emerged in the late 1980s as an Islamist offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and quickly combined social services with an armed wing that has fought Israel and governed Gaza since 2007; it carrie...
Hamas emerged from Gaza’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood during the First Intifada in December 1987 and has combined social services, electoral politics and an armed wing to become the dominant forc...
Reporting from multiple outlets and security sources documents that Hamas security forces have carried out lethal operations inside Gaza since the ceasefire, including a Reuters account that says Hama...
Available reporting shows Israel and the PLO/PALestinian Authority (PA)/Fatah are not formal partners with Hamas; instead, relations are adversarial and sometimes competitive, though there are periods...
The 1967 Six-Day War was a decisive catalyst that accelerated the , but it did not create that identity from scratch; long‑standing local, social, and political processes predated 1967. Scholars and c...
The claim that Hamas killed members of the Palestinian Authority (PA) is supported by historical accounts of violent confrontations between Hamas and PA forces, particularly during the 2006–2007 Fatah...