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'''Hamas''' is an [[Islamist]] political organisation and armed militant group based in the Palestinian territories, regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel as well as by numerous Western nations including the US and the EU countries. It refuses to accept the legitimacy of the State of [[Israel]].

'''Hamas''' ([[Arabic]]: '''حركة حماس''') is an [[Islamist]] political organisation and armed militant group based in the Palestinian territories, regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel as well as by numerous Western nations including the US and the EU countries. It refuses to accept the legitimacy of the State of [[Israel]].

The name Hamas is an acronym of ''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya'' (Islamic Resistance Movement).

The name Hamas is an acronym of ''Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya'' (Islamic Resistance Movement).

Hamas was founded in 1987. From the 1990s it achieved notoriety for its use of the tactic of [[suicide bombing]], principally against civilian targets in Israel. It also set itself in opposition to the [[secular]] [[Fatah]] movement. In the 2006 elections to the [[Palestinian Authority]] legislature Hamas gained a majority of seats; its government was dissolved in June 1997 by Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] following the military takeover by Hamas of the [[Gaza Strip]] after several days o0f fighting between Hamas and Fatah.

Hamas was founded in 1987. From the 1990s it achieved notoriety for its use of the tactic of [[suicide bombing]], principally against civilian targets in Israel. It also set itself in opposition to the [[secular]] [[Fatah]] movement. In the 2006 elections to the [[Palestinian Authority]] legislature Hamas gained a majority of seats; its government was dissolved in June 1997 by Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]] following the military takeover by Hamas of the [[Gaza Strip]] after several days o0f fighting between Hamas and Fatah.