Hamas

Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist but pragmatic, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. It... Wikipedia

• Spokesperson:  Fawzi Barhoum
• Chief of the Political Bureau:  Ismail Haniyeh
• Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau:  Mousa Abu Marzouq and Khaled Mashal
• Founder:  Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Mahmoud Zahar, Mohammad Taha, Abdel Fattah Dukhan, Ibrahim Fares Al-Yazouri, 'Isa al-Nashshar Ibrahim Quqa, and Mohammed Hassan Shama'a, Hassan Yousef
• Founded:  1987
• Preceded by:  Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood
• Headquarters:  Gaza, Gaza Strip
• Military wing:  Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
• Ideology:  Palestinian nationalism, Islamism, Religious nationalism, Anti-Zionism, One-state solution, Antisemitism
• Religion:  Sunni Islam
• International affiliation:  Muslim Brotherhood
• Colours:  Green
• Legislative Council (2006):  74 / 132
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo