This history of Hamas addresses the roots of the movement in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, its creation as a Palestinian alternative to the PLO with the intention to prevent acceptance of Israel and eventually to destroy the Jewish state, its use of terrorism to undermine the Oslo Accords, its victory in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, its violent ouster of the Palestinian Authority from Gaza in 2007, and its repeated armed conflicts with Israel. This broad history is covered in about 1,000 words, including links to the Hamas charter and its leaders' statements, demonstrating its vicious antisemitism.
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Resources to help learners engage safely with the current crisis in Israel.
Three scholars of the Middle East and modern Israel discuss the shock of the Hamas attack, the Israeli goals in the war, the U.S. response and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An article on the one-year yahrzeit of the Tree Of Life Shooting about creating Jewish Joy as a means of resistance.