conflict with the Palestinian leaders. Hamas gains their popular support through well-funded social actions, which grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood. “Hamas sponsored the building of schools and hospitals, and ran other charitable and religious organizations” (Economist). Both Fatah and Hamas were opposed to the PLO leadership in Palestine. That Fatah and Hamas were reconciliation agreement to signal the end of divisive fighting between the two group for the control of Palestine. Those agreements
HAMAS, an Arabic acronym meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the name of the socio-political organization currently in power over the Gaza Strip. For decades Jews & Muslims and Israelis & Palestinians, often one in the same, have fought for control over the region. Each have killed thousands of the other, destroyed infrastructures and used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage. Nations such as Japan, the European Union, the United States and (of course) Israel classify the group as terrorists
Study of Extreme Islamic Terrorist Groups Terrorist groups have been involved in political violence dating back to the Greek and Roman Empires. Terrorist Groups have used violence, and terror to seek political change. In the thirteen and fourteenth century, Italy was very volatile. The government went through many changes the use of violence and force was used to terrorize the opponents. In the Age of Revolutions, Muslims began practicing the form of the suicide attacker. The attacks occurred in
account of a terrorist act in the second part of the 19th century was in 1968 when a Palestinian terrorist hijacked an Israeli airliner (What Is Terrorism? Pg. 4). There are two other factors which aid terrorism: one being the media which informs the world
terrorism it is something that all countries have to deal with at some point. One of the main priorities of the United States is to keep terrorist attacks from occurring in our country at all costs. When looking at terrorists, two dangerous groups that will be discussed in this paper are the Hezbollah and the Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamia (Hamas). These two groups both have strong beliefs and seem as though to go to any means possible to get their way and they will not stop until they get it.
HAMAS Introduction HAMA (Harakat al-Muqawammah al-Islammiyya) refers to a terrorist association of the Islamic Resistance Movement created over 20 years ago, in 1987. The group has over 1,000 members at this time and classifies itself as a nationalist/separatist and religious group. However, many critics argue (and rightly so) that it is a terrorist organization and that far too many people are averse or in denial of this fact. However, technically, the United States is one of the many nations
Understanding Hamas: Violent Terrorism as Political Strategy Introduction Kydd and Walter (2006:50) assert that violent terrorism is effective as a political strategy "because it causes governments and individuals to respond in ways that aid the terrorists' cause." For Hamas, violence against civilians for political aims does play a role in its political strategy. However, violence in and of itself is not the ultimate aim of the organization. Formed in 1987 during the Palestinian uprising (the
horror. Terrorist groups all over the world are destroying communities and families by recruiting their young children and killing innocent people. Terrorism is sweeping the world and it’s growing steadily. With a constant inflow of young soldiers, terrorist groups are stronger than before. They have surely mastered the art of recruiting the weak and vulnerable and using their weaknesses to carry out dangerous and deadly missions. There are hundreds of extremist groups carrying out terrorist acts all
Samantha Tsu POSC 230 – International Relations December 11, 2014 For the extra credit assignment that will be applied to the final, the topic I chose to write about was opinion number four which is: State Profile and Bilateral Relations. Expanding from the second project presentation, the “state” I chose to give my presentation on was Palestine. Palestine is located in the Middle East in the country of Asia and their territory is considered to be only the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The capital
sympathy, then, to Muslim leaders in America and other Western countries who protest being held accountable for what they do not say about events they had nothing to do with. But in this particular case, they are wrong. On September 11, history saddled them with a special obligation to speak out in specific and unequivocal terms against terror in any and all its guises, not only for the