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Short descriptions of Hamas, from various perspectives:

Medea (European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation)

Federation of American Scientists

US State Department

Terrorism Research Center

Institute for Counter-Terrorism ( Herzliya, Israel)

Who are Hamas? (BBC)

BBC - 19 October, 2000

Jewish Post - New York, April 1996

Hamas - notes by Dr Glen Rangwala

HAMAS WEBSITES

The official Hamas site at www.hamas.org seems to be no longer available.

Information about Hamas can be found at www.palestine-info.com but the site's connection with Hamas (if any) is unclear. 

HAMAS PERSONALITIES

SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN 
(assassinated 22 March 2004)

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin  
Obituary by David Hirst (The Guardian, 23 March 2004)

Sheikh Yassin: spiritual figurehead 
Obituary (BBC, 22 March 2004) 

Sheikh Yassin: life in pictures   
BBC

Sheikh Ahmad Yasin 
Biographical notes originally published by the Palestine Information Center and reproduced here by the Jewish Virtual Library.

Hamas vows revenge 
Statement issued by the Ezzedin al-Qassem Brigades, the military wing of  Hamas, following the assassiantion of Sheikh Yassin. (22 March, 2004)


OTHER PERSONALITIES

Biographical notes originally published by the Palestine Information Center (not currently available) and reproduced here by the Jewish Virtual Library.

Khalid Misha'al

Mousa Abu Marzook

Ibrahim Ghousheh

Abdel Aziz Rantisi

Mohammed Nazzal

Jamal Mansour

Emad Al Alami

Salah Shihada

Yahya Ayyash (killed)

Emad Aqel (killed)

DOCUMENTS

Hamas Covenant 
"Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement", 18 August 1988 (Avalon Project, Yale Law School). Alternative source

Hamas communiques  
(palestine-info.com)

Hamas "terrorist activities" 
1989-97. Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

Hamas "Glory Record"  
List of Hamas operations 1988-94 with names of "martyrs"

Statement of Hamas for the Negotiations with the Palestinian Authorities  
Text of a message presented by Hamas to Yasser Arafat, 18 June, 1998

Statement of Hamas 
Concerning the arrest of Hamas members by Palestinian security forces. 9 April, 1998

The Charter of Allah: Platform of the Islamic Resistance movement 
Translated and annotated by Raphael Israeli.Harry Truman Research Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 5 April, 1998 

Hamas vows revenge 
Statement issued by the Ezzedin al-Qassem Brigades, the military wing of  Hamas, following the assassiantion of Sheikh Yassin. (21 March, 2004)

ARTICLES

Hamas: Radical Islam in a National Struggle 
Anat Kurz with Nahman Tal. Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Israel. July 1997

A Theory of Fundamentalism: An Inquiry into the Origins and Development of the Movement 
Stephen Pelletiere, US Army War College. September, 1995

The Terrorist Connection - Iran, The Islamic Jihad and Hamas 
Elie Rekhess. "Justice", Vol. 5 (May 1995)

As hope dwindles, Hamas thrives 
Christian Science Monitor, 10 December, 2001

Israelis can see the benefits of a Hamas leader
Daily Telegraph, 7 December, 2001

How strong is Hamas? 
Newsweek, 7 December, 2001

Palestinian sacred rage 
Out There News, undated

Interview with Sheikh Ahmad Yassin 
Out There News, 4 October, 1997

BOOKS

From amazon.com (click here for amazon.co.uk)

Hamas: Political Thought and Practice
Khaled Hroub. Hardcover. Also paperback edition

The Palestinian Hamas
Shaul Mishal, Avraham Sela. Paperback. Also hardcover edition

Hamas: Palestinian Politics with Islamic Hue
Rashad Ahmad Hamas. Paperback, 1993.

Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas
Andrea Nusse. Paperback, 1999. Also hardcover edition

Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza
Ziad Abu-Amr. Paperback, 1994

Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World
Ahmad S. Moussalli. Hardcover, 1999

The Transformation of Palestinian Politics
Barry M. Rubin. Hardcover, 1999

BOOKS

From amazon.co.uk (click here for amazon.com)

Muslim Palestine: The Ideology of Hamas
Andrea Nusse. Hardcover, 1999

The Palestinian Hamas
Shaul Mishal, Avraham Sela. Paperback, 2000. Also hardcover edition

      

  

Last revised on 23 March, 2004

Links checked on 1 February, 2002