Hamas

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Hamas
2. Council on Foreign Relations: Backgrounder: Hamas
3. Jewish Virtual Library: Hamas Overview
4. Haaretz: Ten Ways Israel Keeps Hamas Afloat (March 28, 2008)
5. Economist: Hamas's Battle for Hearts and Minds (March 27, 2008)
6. International Crisis Group: After Mecca: Engaging with Hamas (2007)
7. YouTube Video: The Heartland of Hamas (Time: 23:12)

Hamas Recent News

• BBC News: Hamas
• Reuters: Hamas Urges Arabs to Back Reconciliation Push (March 28, 2008)
• Reuters: Israeli Troops Kill Hamas Gunman in Gaza (March 28, 2008)
• International Herald Tribune: Hamas Calls on Arab Summit to Drop Peace Plan... (March 28, 2008)  
• Agence France-Presse: Hamas, Islamic Jihad Reject Egypt Truce (March 27, 2008)
• Jerusalem Post: Palestinian Affairs: Abbas's Latest Headaches (March 27, 2008)
• BBC News: Hamas urges EU to pressure Israel (February 22, 2008)
• Al Jazeera: Uk Boycott Of Hamas Criticised (August 13, 2007)
• Al Jazeera: Hamas-Fatah Truce Breaks Down (2007)
• CNN: Russia downgrades ties with Hamas (July 31, 2007)
• Jerusalem Post: Abbas Accuses Hamas of Staging a 'Bloody Coup' (2007)
• Telegraph: Hamas 'Preparing for a Full Scale Assault' (2007)

Hamas Background and Articles

• Anti-Defamation League: Hamas Fact Sheet
• Encyclopedia of the Orient: Hamas Description  
• Discover the Networks: Hamas Overview
• Washington Post : "What Is Hamas?"  
• BBC News: Who are Hamas?
• Salon: Who is the Real Hamas? (2006)  
• BBC NEWS: Interview with Khaled Meshaal

Hamas Charter

• Avalon Project: Hamas Covenant/Charter (1988)
• Palestine Center: The Charter of the Hamas
• Wikisource: Hamas Covenant

Hamas and Electoral Success

• Wikipedia: Palestinian Presidential Election, 2005
• Washington Post: "Hamas Sweeps Palestinian Elections, Complicating Peace Efforts in Mideast (2006)  
• Socialist World: Political Earthquake Strikes as Hamas Wins Landslide (2006)
• The Nation: "The Hamas Triumph" (2006)
• Slate: "Fatah No Más, Hola Hamas" (2006)  

Conflict Between Hamas and Fatah

• Mahalo's page on Fatah-Hamas Conflict
• The Nation: Uneasy Calm in Palestine (2006)
• Guardian Unlimited: Q and A: Gaza's Civil War
• Times Online: Q&A: Hamas and the Violence in Gaza
• Mahalo's page on Fatah

Suicide Bombing and Violence

• Wikipedia: List of Hamas Suicide Attacks

Hamas Videos and Media

• YouTube: Hamas Mickey Mouse Teaches Terror to Kids 
• BBC Videos and Audio: "Hamas" 
• NPR Audio: Hamas: Government or Terrorist Organization? (2006)
• YouTube: Hamas - Stages of Israel's Destruction
• Yahoo! Image Search: Hamas
• Google Image Search: Hamas

Hamas Commentary and Criticism

• United States Institute of Peace: A Hamas Government: Isolate or Engage?
• Foreign Affairs: Can Hamas Be Tamed?  
• Slate: Testing the "Pothole Theory" in the Middle East and What Hamas' Election Victory Means (2006)
• Middle East Quarterly: The Challenge of Hamas to Fatah (2003)

Hamas Blogs and Message Boards

• The Huffington Post: Hamas coverage
• Power Line: Better an Unmanned Drone than Hamas
• Hot Air: Hamas Savages Insist: Mickey Maus Show Must Go On
• Cartoon Brew: Why? Because We Hate You!

Hamas Timeline

• 1987: Founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood based in Gaza
• 1987-1993: First Intifada
• 1994: Palestinian National Authority established
• 2004, November: Death of Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
• 2005: Israel withdraws completely from the Gaza Strip
• 2006, January: Hamas wins elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council
• 2007: Hamas begins takeover of Gaza

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