Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood:
'Israel will exist and will continue to exist until
Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others
before it.'
"Kill so many Jews that they will eventually abandon
Palestine."[2]
"Six million descendants of monkeys [i.e., Jews] [3]
Throughout the Middle East, from North Africa to Iran,
extremist voices are being raised in the name of Islam,
demanding political power and the destruction of Israel.
Inside of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, the echoes of this
phenomenon have produced two movements, HAMAS and the
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, both of which seek to
undermine the Jewish State from within.
HAMAS, the Arabic acronym of the Islamic Resistance
Movement in Palestine, officially came into being in August
of 1988. Founded as an alternative to the secular Palestine
Liberation Organization, HAMAS offers its activists the
total rejection of Israel together with absolute salvation.
The acronym HAMAS, taken from the Arabic Harakat al-Muqawama
al-lslamiya - Islamic Resistance Movement,
literally denotes "zeal" or "enthusiasm." The HAMAS
Covenant, however, interprets its name to mean "strength and
bravery."
HAMAS is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood
movement, which was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Sheik Hasan
al-Bana; and subsequently spread throughout the Arab world.
The Brotherhood shares with HAMAS a complete rejection of
Western values and Communism and calls for the establishment
of a pan-Islamic state founded on the basis of shari'a, or
Islamic law. To attain this objective, the Brotherhood
promoted the concept of an ideal Muslim state to be ruled by
a Caliph, the title bestowed upon the successors of the
Prophet Muhammad at the beginning of the Islamic empire.
The two movements similarly share the view that Israel
is the theological archenemy of Islam; and, in this
capacity, Israel acts as the agent of the West in the
region.
Throughout its history, the Muslim Brotherhood has been
supportive of the Palestinian cause. During the anti-Jewish
riots in British Mandatory Palestine of 1936 and 1939 the
Brotherhood supported Haj Amin al-Husseini,[5] the Mufti of
Jerusalem and leader of the Arab Higher Committee.
Brotherhood members were sent from Egypt to participate as
fighters together with the Palestinian Arabs, an effort that
was repeated during the 1948 war.[6] Volunteers from both
the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement and its newly
formed counterpart among Palestinian Arabs fought to prevent
the establishment of the State of Israel.
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Islamic Extremists and the Threat to America
INTRODUCTlON
The Martyr Imam Hasan al-Bana, of blessed memory." [1]
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS
Ibrahim Sarbal, Leader of Islamic Jihad Movement in
Palestine - Al-Aqsa Brigades
now rule in all the nations of the world, but their day,
too, will come. Allah!
Kill them all, do not leave even one!" [4]
Imam Sheik Ahmad Ibrahim, HAMAS leader, in a sermon at the
Palestine Mosque in Gaza.