Hamas
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From Arabic حماس (ḥamās), an acronym (meaning literally ‘enthusiasm’) for حركة المقاومة الاسلامية (ḥarakat al-muqāwama al-islāmīya) ‘Islamic Resistance Movement’.
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Hamas
- An Islamic militant organization that presses for an independent Palestinian state and abnegates the recognition of Israel.
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Hamas