Hamas is an ideologically and religiously-motivated violent extremist organisation, which fuses Palestinian nationalist and Sunni Islamist objectives.(Albanese government appeases )
- Graham Healy
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
THIS IS WHO Albanese Government recognized as a legitamate goverment of gaza and who every paid idiot' in the FREE PALISTINE MARCHES throughout Australia were supporting and screeming "globalize the infadada" = mass murder the Jews! (Grace Tame) https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/footage-shows-grace-tame-telling-sydney-crowd-to-globalise-the-intifada/video/26e2a4e3e4429dd417488db5895b0add Supporting terrorism or terrorists should be BANNED IN AUSTRALIA PERIOD ! Graham Healy Fri 19 June 26 below is straight off the Australian Government national secuurity web site which is avaible to any on the internett to educate yourself on the reality . https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/what-australia-is-doing/terrorist-organisations/listed-terrorist-organisations/hamas Hamas is an ideologically and religiously-motivated violent extremist organisation, which fuses Palestinian nationalist and Sunni Islamist objectives. Hamas was founded in 1987 during the first intifada uprising. It began as a branch of, and retains an ideological affinity with, the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2006, Hamas participated in the Palestinian election and in 2007, overthrew the Palestinian Authority, seizing control of Gaza. Hamas has since been the governing body in Gaza, largely responsible for the administration and provision of government services, including health, education and security, to Gaza’s inhabitants.
Hamas' overarching goal is to ‘liberate Palestine’ by establishing an independent Palestinian state — comprising Gaza, the West Bank and Israel — guided by Islamic principles, and destroying Israel as a political entity in the process. Hamas supports a strategy of armed resistance in pursuit of its goals.
Hamas is formally a hierarchical movement with several movement-wide and regional decision-making bodies, which reach decisions through a consultative process.
Hamas’ highest executive authority is its Executive Committee led by Ismail Haniyeh, which is Hamas’ supreme decision-making body. Hamas’ central consultative body is its General Shura Council, responsible for electing the Executive Committee and shaping Hamas’ overarching strategy and policies.
Hamas's three major regions, Gaza, the West Bank and Abroad, are represented on, and exert varying levels of influence over, Hamas’ central leadership bodies —the Executive Committee and General Shura Council — and maintain their own internal management systems.
The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the Brigades) were officially established in 1991 as the paramilitary wing of Hamas.
The Brigades undertake military activity on behalf of Hamas and have adopted terrorist tactics in their efforts to defeat Israel, including indiscriminate rocket attacks, suicide attacks, bombings, shootings and kidnappings against Israeli military and civilian targets.
Historically, the Brigades have predominantly operated in Gaza, with limited representation in the West Bank.
Hamas has reportedly increased its presence and military capacity building activities in Lebanon, however attacks remain directed at Israel.
The Brigades exist within the overall organisational structure of Hamas, subordinate to its political leadership, but structured as a distinct paramilitary wing. While decisions of the political leadership probably take precedence, the Brigades operate with a degree of independence and may not seek approval from the political leadership for operational activities.
Hamas’ leadership has historically stated that there is no neat separation between the organisations’ political and paramilitary components.
Hamas’ founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, stated in a 2004 interview that ‘we cannot separate the wing from the body. If we do so, the body will not be able to fly.
Hamas is one body.’ In 2004 then-Brigades commander Salah Shehadeh said ‘the political apparatus is sovereign over the military apparatus, and a decision of the political [echelon] takes precedence over the decision of the military [echelon], without intervening in military operations.’ In 2014 senior Hamas leader Abu Marzook referred to Hamas and the Brigades as ‘one organisation with two wings or departments.’
Hamas’ political leaders often refer to the militant actions and capabilities of the Brigades in the possessive, implying that the Brigades’ activities, including the use of terrorism, are sanctioned by and carried out as part of the wider Hamas organisation. Following the May 2019 rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel, Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, thanked Iran for providing rockets to the Brigades used in the conflict. ‘Iran provided us with rockets, and we surprised the world when our resistance targeted Beersheba.’ Following the May 2021 Israel-Palestine conflict, Sinwar similarly thanked Iran for providing Hamas the capability to launch rockets into Israel: ‘Our complete gratitude is extended to [Iran]… They provided us with money, weapons and expertise… They weren’t with us on the ground, but they were with us through those capabilities, with which we crushed and rocked the enemy.’ Sinwar reiterated Brigades spokesperson Abu Ubeida’s statement that ‘firing a salvo of 250 rockets on Tel Aviv is easier for us than [drinking water].’ Sinwar also stated ‘we support the eradication of Israel through armed jihad and struggle.’
These statements indicate that while the Brigades retain a degree of operational independence, their militant activities are aimed at achieving Hamas’ objectives – primarily the creation of a Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel – and are publicly supported by Hamas’ political leadership.
https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/what-australia-is-doing/terrorist-organisations/listed-terrorist-organisations/hamas
