Talk:Hamas

Quotes in citations

As per the discussion on Wikipedia talk:Citing sources/Archive 19#Quotes in references and per WP:COPYVIO I will remove the quotes within the citations. This will also make the article a bit shorter (especially the references section) and easier to edit.

Cheers, pedrito - talk - 04.07.2008 06:18

However, its founding charter, writings, and many of its public statements[7] reflect an incontrovertible evidence of Anti-zionism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alhizabr (talk • contribs) 20:32, 2 January 2009

Was Hamas created in 1976, 1987, 1988?

1976

The Oxford World Encyclopedia: "Hamas¶ The Islamic Resistance Movement founded in 1976 by Sheikh Yassin Ahmed, with the aim of creating an Islamic state in the former Palestine. "

1987:

Wikipedia: "Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and Mohammad Taha of the Palestinian wing of the Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada."

The Corporate Security Professional's Handbook on Terrorism: "Hamas was a splinter group of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and was created as a separate organization in 1987."

1988

http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/HAMAS2006.PDF: Hamas is a creation of the Palestinian branch of the extremist Muslim Brotherhood movement. The organization was created in 1988 by the late Sheikh 11 Ahmad Yassin, the Hamas ideologue and founder who was then a preacher of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood movement in Gaza. In concurrence with his teachings, Yassin and his followers formed Hamas as the “military wing” of the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood. 86.68.157.246 (talk) {BG}; edited: 86.68.157.246 (talk) {BG}

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.68.157.246 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 4 January 2009

Switzerland

You probably can't read German, but if u could you would see that the article you provide clearly states, that Switzerland condemns Hamas terror action against Israel. Furthermore it states that a law against terrorism did not go through in 2003, hence Switzerland cannot forbid ANY organisation for being a terror organisation. However swiss law punishes terror acts. Switzerland has to be crossed out from the list, because it does not even have a legal basis for calling any organisation a terror organisation. --78.104.63.194 (talk) 21:39, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Hamas breaks with Syria

The article is outdated: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/hamas-leader-supports-syrian-opposition.html

May break with Iran too: http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/02/29/hamas-signals-a-break-with-iran-but-is-that-good-for-israel/ FunkMonk (talk) 14:35, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I believed they're now headquartered in Doha and Cairo (Meshaal and Marzouq, respectively) and not Damascus. --Al Ameer son (talk) 17:07, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 March 2012

Please add a citation of Dr. Matthew Levitt's book on Hamas to the bibliography section of the page because the page uses information directly from his book. Although some footnotes cite Dr. Levitt's book, they incorrectly cite Dennis Ross as co-author. Furthermore, listing Dr. Levitt's book in addition to the three books already listed will greatly add to the scholarly discussion on Hamas and help researchers find a credible and reliable source. citation below. thank you

Levitt, Matthew (2007). Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300122586. 
 

Dalshawa (talk) 20:26, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Not done: The book is already used for inline citations several places, so it seems inappropriate to put it again in the Bibliography section. Please see WP:FNNR. Apparently Ross wrote a forward for some printing of the book and is listed as a second author. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 06:59, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Dalshawa is clearly a hasbara editor. S/he's seen I added Sara Roy's book to the bibliography, and is now desperate to have Levitt's worthless shit put in there to give it what s/he regards as a similar level of prominence. "Worthless shit" is a succinct paraphrase of Roy's opinion. I'll be emptying the contents of Roy's book into this article at some point, so I dread to think how Dalshawa will control her/himself then! ~ Iloveandrea (talk) 02:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Or perhaps Dalshawa is a prospective Haifa student!

Haifa U offering students new elective in 'hasbara'

"The students will participate in writing Wikipedia entries, publicizing hasbara (public diplomacy) talking points and confronting anti-Israel activists in online chat rooms."

~ Iloveandrea (talk) 18:31, 7 March 2012 (UTC)