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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Finally, in the late 80s, the Arabs organized Hamas to have better control over all the little terrorists they had groomed.
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I know Hamas is a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood but everything I have read said it was founded by two Palestinians during the first Intifada in 1988. I'm sure they had the backing of the neighboring sects outside of Palestine but I haven't seen anything that suggests that Arabs outside of Palestine had a direct effect on its founding, but that it came from within.
Here is a good site on the founding of Hamas:
http://www.mideastweb.org/hamashistory.htm
Here are the supposed reasons why Hamas was elected in 2006.
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Hamas's militant stance has found a receptive audience among Palestinians; many perceived the preceding Fatah government as corrupt and ineffective, and Hamas's supporters see it as an "armed resistance" movement defending Palestinians from what they see as a brutal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Hamas has further gained popularity by establishing "hospitals, education systems, libraries and social services" throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas