Hamas: A history lesson | On Point

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Hamas is an Islamist militant group, designated by the U.S. and EU as a terrorist organization. It's now delivered the biggest blow ever to Israeli security. What are Hamas's origins?

The Palestinian organization Hamas, created in 1987, gained support because it took up armed resistance against Israel. They also got into politics.

"Hamas continued to rise, building its support and its success on the failures of others, be they the Israeli government and the Palestinian national movement," Khaled Hroub says."That was a turning point when they participated in the Palestinian elections and they won them, surprising everybody, including maybe the movement itself," Hroub says."Let's assume that Hamas is crushed.

 

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