Hamas

The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas, is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades. It has governed the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007. The Hamas movement was founded by Palestinian Islamic scholar Ahmed Yassin in 1987 after the outbreak of the First Intifada against the Israeli occupation. It emerged from his 1973 Mujama al-Islamiya Islamic charity affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Initially, Hamas was discreetly supported by Israel, as a counter-balance to the secular Palestine Liberation Organization to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state. In the 2006 Palestinian... Wikipedia

• Chairman of the Political Bureau:  Hamas temporary committee
• Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau:  Vacant
• Chairman of the Shura Council:  Muhammad Ismail Darwish
• Leader in the Gaza Strip:  Izz al-Din al-Haddad
• Military commander:  Izz al-Din al-Haddad
• Founders:  Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi
• Founded:  10 December 1987
• Headquarters:  Gaza City, Gaza Strip
• Armed wing:  Al-Qassam Brigades
• Ideology:  Sunni Islamism, Islamic fundamentalism, Palestinian nationalism, Anti-Zionism, Islamic nationalism
• Political position:  Right-wing
• Religion:  Sunni Islam
• International affiliation:  Axis of Resistance (informal)
• Political alliance:  Alliance of Palestinian Forces, Palestinian Joint Operations Room
• Colours:  Green
• Palestinian Legislative Council (2006):  74 / 132 (%)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo