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The '''Palestinian Islamic Jihad'''  ('''PIJ''') is an Islamist terrorist organization, based in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] and very active in [[Gaza]] and beyond.  

The '''Palestinian Islamic Jihad'''  ('''PIJ''') is an Islamist terrorist organization, based in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] and very active in [[Gaza]] and beyond.  

The radical Islamic extremist organization was established by Palestinian students in Egypt<ref name=adl-pij/> in 1979 prominantly by [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] and other former members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref name=haaretz/> who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood ideology. The basis for the establishment of Islamic Jihad began with the Islamic Revolution in [[Iran]] in the late 1970s and Khomeini's rise to power.<ref name=adl-pij>[https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/palestinian-islamic-jihad Palestinian Islamic Jihad], ADL.<blockquote>

The radical Islamic extremist organization was established by Palestinian students in Egypt<ref name=adl-pij/> in 1979 prominantly by [[Fathi Shaqaqi]]<ref name=nypost-18oct2023/> and other former members of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref name=haaretz/> who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood ideology. The basis for the establishment of Islamic Jihad began with the Islamic Revolution in [[Iran]] in the late 1970s and Khomeini's rise to power.<ref name=adl-pij>[https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/palestinian-islamic-jihad Palestinian Islamic Jihad], ADL.<blockquote>

...radical Islamic extremist organization inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979. It was established by Palestinian students in Egypt who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood. Like Hamas, its expressed goal is the violent destruction of the State of Israel, which Islamic Jihad believes will then bring about the unification of the Arab and Islamic world, “purified of modern Western elements.”...

...radical Islamic extremist organization inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979. It was established by Palestinian students in Egypt who were admirers of the Iranian Revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood. Like Hamas, its expressed goal is the violent destruction of the State of Israel, which Islamic Jihad believes will then bring about the unification of the Arab and Islamic world, “purified of modern Western elements.”...