Hezbollah Fatah Hamas

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Hezbollah

• Meaning- "Party of God  
• A Shi'a Muslim militant group and political party
  based in Lebanon.
• The United States, the Netherlands, the United
  Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Israel classify
  Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, in whole
  or in part.
  Hezbollas
• Secretary general-
  flag
• Sheikh  Hassan Nasrallah

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Hezbollah - foundation

• Emerged in response to the 1982 Israeli invasion
  of Lebanon
• Was founded with an Iranian support and its
  forces were trained and organized by a group of
  the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
• Also receives political and military support from
  Syria
• Officially announced their existence in a letter
  to the Lebanese press in 1985 .

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Hezbollah - 1985 manifesto 

• 4 goals
• Israel's final departure from Lebanon as a
  prelude to its final obliteration
• Ending any imperialist power in Lebanon
• Bringing the Phalangists to justice for their
  crimes
• giving the people the chance to choose with full
  freedom the system of government they want.

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The conflict with Israel

• 19822000 -a guerrilla campaign
  against Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon
• 1993-  Operation Accountability
• April 1996- operation Grapes of Wrath
• October 7, 2000, kidnapping and killing of
  three Israeli soldiers on the Israeli side of
  the Israeli-Lebanese border

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The conflict with Israel

• 2006  kidnapping the Israeli soldiers Ehud
  Goldwasser and Eldad Regev 
• 2006- the second Lebanon war

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Hezbollah

• Hezbollah became a part of the Lebanese government
   for the first time on June 13, 2011.
• Started as only a small militia, it has now grown
  to an organization with seats in
  the Lebanese government, a radio and
  television-stations, and programs for social
  development.

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Fatah

• reverse acronym of ?arakat al-ta?rir al-wa?ani
  al-filas?ini (meaning "Palestinian National
  Liberation Movement.)
•  a major Palestinian political party and the
  largest faction of the Palestine Liberation
  Organization (PLO)
• unlike Hamas, Fatah is not
  currently regarded as
  a terrorist
  organization
  by any government

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Fatah- foundation

• founded in 1959 by members of the Palestinian
  diaspora
• The founders included Yasser Arafat who was head
  of the General Union of Palestinian
  Students (GUPS) in Cairo University and  Salah
  Khalaf, Khalil al-Wazir, Khaled Yashruti who were
  leading the GUPS in Beirut

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Fatah- ideology

• Palestine is part of the Arab World, and the
  Palestinian people are part of the Arab Nation
• The Palestinian people have an independent
  identity.
• liberating Palestine by a Palestinian armed
  struggle.

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Fatah- structure

• The two most important decision-making bodies are
  the Central Committee of Fatah and the Fatah
  Revolutionary Council.
• Fatah joined the Palestine Liberation
  Organization (PLO) in 1967. Founder Yasser Arafat
  became Chairman of the PLO in 1969
• The head of Fatah is Abu Mazen.

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Fatah- International relations

• In the 1960s and the 1970s, Fatah provided
  training to a wide range of European, Middle
  Eastern, Asian, and African militant groups, and
  carried out numerous attacks against Israeli
  targets in Western Europe and the Middle East
• Fatah received weapons, explosives and training
  from the USSR, some East European states and China

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Hamas

• Meaning - "enthusiasm
• A Palestinian Sunni-Islamic political party and a
  military movement in the Gaza Strip and the west
  bank.
• The European Union, the United States, Canada,Isra
  el and Japan classify Hamas as a terrorist
  organization, while nations such
  as Russia and Turkey do not.

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Hamas - foundation

• Hamas was founded in 1987, during the First
  Intifada, as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim
  Brotherhood.
• Founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Ahmad Taha
• 1988 manifest to liberate Palestine from Israeli
  occupation and to establish an Islamic state in
  the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and
  the Gaza Strip

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Hamas - foundation

• In more recent years, there have been some
  statements from a few Hamas leaders, saying that
  a recognition In an Israeli state is possible in
  certain terms

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Hamas - structure

• Hamas is built of three wings
• The political wing
• The social welfare wing
• The military wing - Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
• Forms of action
• Jihad
• daawa

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Hamas- 2006 elections

• Hamas, headed by Ismail Haniyeh, won the 2006
  Palestinian elections, winning 76 of the 132
  seats of parliament (to Fatah's 43)
• the Hamas victory brought to an end 40 years of
  PLO domination of Palestinian politics
• Today , Hamas govern the Gasa strip while the
  Palestinian authority is more dominant in the
  west bank