Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood:
The Palestine Monitor's reportage on the trial of HAMAS
leader Sheik Ahmad Yasin in January of 1990 for 15 counts of
murder 45 involving Israeli civilians and soldiers provided
a platform for the ideology of HAMAS. Reflecting the ideals
of the IAP in the February 23 1990 issue of the Monitor,
Bashir Omar, one of the newspaper's editors, wrote:
"Yasin, confined to wheelchair since a childhood
accident, appeared in court in an orange prison uniform. He
sat impassively as as [sic] relatives of the slain soldiers
shouted curses at him in Hebrew and Arabic. 'I deny all
charges,' Yasin whispered to reporters in the courtroom. But
his lawyer, Abd al-Malik Bahansee, told the court that
Yasin founded HAMAS, and helped to transfer tens of
thousands of dollars to the organization. 'My client says it
is not his right but his duty to establish these
organizations to battle the occupation,' Bahansee said."
Since the 1989 imprisonment of Sheik Ahmad Yasin for
his part in fomenting terrorist attacks against Israelis,
the IAP observes its anniversary in honor of the movement's
leader.
In May of 199O, the IAP published posters bearing the
likeness of Sheik Yasin in commemoration of the first
anniversary of his imprisonment. The poster was also printed
as a half page advertisement in the Palestine Monitor.[46]
In October of 1992, an IAP communique called upon the
group's American supporters to protest the prison conditions
of Sheik Yasin and the Middle East peace negotiations:
"We hereby call upon you ... to demand that proper
medical attention be provided to sick prisoners such as
Sheik Ahmad Yasin [leader of HAMAS] . . .[C]all upon the
Palestinian delegation to halt negotiations with Israelis in
protest to the inhumane conditions endured by the
detainees." [47]
The same communique directed IAP members to express
their solidarity with convicted Palestinian terrorists in
Israeli prisons who declared a hunger strike on September
27. The flyer was addressed to "Our Muslim Brothers" and
requested the support of American Muslims for the hunger
strikers, denouncing the Middle East peace negotiations and
the participation of the Palestinian delegation with the
words, "While you negotiate, we die!"
Paralleling the hunger strike in the Israeli prisons,
the IAP announced a nationwide fast day to take place on
October 15: "[W]e urge all Muslims to fast and pray to Allah
... to strengthen the will of the detainees in their stand
against the brutal treatment they receive in Israeli
prisons." The IAP further requested that donations be
collected for the families of the prisoners. The flyer was
signed by the Islamic Association for Palestine Information
Office, located in Dallas, Texas.
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