hamas

Hamas (Harakat al‑Muqāwama al‑Islāmiyya, “Islamic Resistance Movement”) is a Palestinian Islamist organization founded in 1987 during the First Intifada. It has a political wing that runs the Gaza Strip government and a military wing that carries out attacks against Israel. Hamas is designated as a terrorist group by the United States, European Union, Israel and several other countries, while many Palestinians view it as a resistance movement. Its charter originally called for the destruction of Israel, though a 2017 policy document softened the language, accepting a long‑term truce based on a 1967‑border solution. Hamas opposes the Palestinian Authority’s negotiations... Views Nigeria