['< sod > the foundational document, the [ [ hamas charter ] ] (\'\' mithaq harakat\'\' ), is dated 18 august 1988, and contains both [ [ antisemitism | antisemitic ] ] passages, characterizations of israeli society as nazi - like in its cruelty, < ref > ronni shaked,\'ethos of conflict of the palestinian society,\'in keren sharvit, eran halperin ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ysdycwaaqbaj & pg = pa142\'\' a social psychology perspective on the israeli - palestinian conflict : celebrating the legacy of daniel bar - tal,\'\' ] springer, 2016 volume 2 pp. 133 - 149 p. 142. < / ref > and [ [ irredentism | irredentist claims ] ] that have never been revoked despite later policy changes in the organization regarding israel, < ref > according to [ [ khaled hroub ] ],\'\' hamas : a beginner\'s guide,\'\' pluto press 2006 [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = - xsw4 - 8vvj4c & pg = pa33 p. 33 ] :\'the charter was written in early 1988 by one individual and was made public without appropriate general hamas consultation, revision or consensus, to the regret of hamas\'s leaders in later years. the author of the charter was one of the\'old guard\'of the muslim brotherhood in the gaza strip, completely cut off from the outside world. all kinds of confusions and conflations between judaism and zionism found their way into the charter, to the disservice of hamas ever since, as this document has managed to brand it with charges of\'anti - semitism\'and a naive world - view\'hamas leaders and spokespeople have rarely referred to the charter or quoted from it, evidence that it has come to be seen as a burden rather than an intellectual platform that embraces the movement\'s principles.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ khaled hroub ] ],\'a " new hamas " through its new documents \', [ [ journal of palestine studies ] ], vol. 35, no. 4, summer 2006, isbn issue 140, pp. 6 - 28, p. 6, cited michael schulz,\'hamas between sharia rule and demo - islam,\'in ashok swain, ramses amer, joakim ojendal ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ctxekqijslgc & pg = pa202\'\' globalization and challenges to building peace,\'\' ] pp. 195 - 2011 :\'hamas continues to be characterized with reference to its 1988 charter drawn up less than a year after the movement was established in direct response to the outbreak of the third intifada and when its raison d\'etre was armed resistance to the occupation. yet when its election and post - election documents are compared to the charter, it becomes clear that what is being promoted is a profondly different organization\'< / ref > and the jews, < ref >\'the non - zionist jew is one who belongs to the jewish culture, whether as a believer in the jewish faith or simply by accident of birth, but.. ( who ) takes no part in aggressive actions against our land and our nation... hamas will not adopt a hostile position in practice against anyone because of his ideas or his creed but will adopt such a position if those ideas and creed are translated into hostile or damaging actions against our people.\'( 1990 ) [ [ khaled hroub ] ], [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = - xsw4 - 8vvj4c & pg = pa31 p. 34 ]. < / ref > < ref > giandomenico picco, gabrielle rifkind, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = wvnxagaaqbaj & pg = pa47\'\' the fog of peace\'\' ], [ [ i. b. tauris ] ], 2014 pp. 47 - 48 < / ref > it declares all of palestine [ [ waqf ] ] property endowed by god to muslims, < ref name = " weimann " > gabriel weimann, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 19icbnooymic & pg = pa82\'\' terror on the internet : the new arena, the new challenges,\'\' ] [ [ united states institute of peace | us institute of peace press ] ], 2006 p. 82. < / ref > with religious coexistence under islam\'s wing. < ref > jim zanotti, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ajkhf9y93nkc & pg = pa15\'\' hamas : background and issues for congress,\'\' ] diane publishing, 2011 p. 15. < / ref > the charter rejects a [ [ two - state solution ] ], envisaging no peaceful settlement of the conflict apart from [ [ jihad ] ]. < ref > zanotti, p. 15. < / ref > < ref > roberts [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = xvecbaaaqbaj & pg = pa68 p. 68 ] :\'the charter condemns world zionism and the efforts to isolate palestine, defines the mission of the organization, and locates that mission within palestinian, arab and islamic elements. it does not condemn the west or non - muslims, but does condemn aggression against the palestinian people, arguing for a defensive jihad. it also calls for fraternal relations with the other palestinian nationalist groups \'. < / ref > it states that the movement\'s aim is to < blockquote > raise the banner of allah over every inch of palestine, for under the wing of islam followers of all religions can coexist in security and safety where their lives, possessions and rights are concerned\'( article 6 ) < ref name = " yale " > { { cite web | url = http : / / avalon. law. yale. edu / 20th _ century / hamas. asp | title = hamas covenant 1988 : the covenant of the islamic resistance movement | accessdate = february 15, 2009 | work = the avalon project : documents in law, history and diplomacy | publisher = yale law school | date = august 18, 1988 } } < / ref > < ref > shaul mishal, avraham sela, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ao - tzkbpdkyc & pg = pa178\'\' the palestinian hamas : vision, violence, and coexistence\'\' ] columbia university press, 2006 p. 178. < / ref > < / blockquote > and adds that,\'when our enemies usurp some islamic lands, jihad becomes a duty binding on all muslims, < ref name = " tessler " > mark a. tessler [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 3kbu4biacrqc & pg = pa696\'\' a history of the israeli - palestinian conflict,\'\' ] indiana university press, 1994 pp. 546, 696 < / ref > for which the whole of the land is non - negotiable, a position likened, without the racist sentiments present in the hamas charter, to that in the [ [ likud ] ] party platform and in movements like [ [ gush emunim ] ]. for hamas, to concede territory is seen as equivalent to renouncing islam itself. < ref > [ [ peter beinart ] ], [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = v0u1fjermgkc & pg = pt231\'\' the crisis of zionism,\'\' ] melbourne university press 2012 p. 219 n. 53. < / ref > < ref name = " emmett " > ayala h. emmett, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 7bazowasdnmc & pg = pa101\'\' our sisters\'promised land : women, politics, and israeli - palestinian coexistence,\'\' ] university of michigan press, 2003 pp. 100 - 102. < / ref > < ref > glenn frankel, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = b0zymin06ayc & pg = pa390\'\' beyond the promised land : jews and arabs on the hard road to a new israel,\'\' ] [ [ simon and schuster ] ], 1996 p. 389 - 391, cites binjamin netanyahu as declaring :\'you say the bible is not a property deed. but i say the opposite - the bible is our mandate, the bible is our deed \'. [ [ yitzhak rabin ] ] at the time charged that " bibi netyanyahu is a hamas collaborator.. hamas and likud have the same political goal.\'< / ref > < ref > david whitten smith, elizabeth geraldine burr, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 5v - ibaaaqbaj & pg = pa250\'\' understanding world religions : a road map for justice and peace,\'\' ] [ [ rowman & littlefield ] ], 2014 2nd. ed. pp. 250 - 1 for a comparison of similarities regarding ownership of the land in the likud and hamas platforms. < / ref > < ref > louise fawcett, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = nnuihauzzngc & pg = pa249\'\' international relations of the middle east,\'\' ] [ [ oxford university press ] ] 2013 p. 49 :\'the hamas platform calls for full muslim - palestinian control of the mediterranean to the jordan river – the mirror image of likud ’ s platform for jewish control of the same land.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ padraig o\'malley ] ] [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 3 _ kvbaaaqbaj & pg = pa126\'\' the two - state delusion : israel and palestine - - a tale of two narratives,\'\' ] penguin books 2015 p. 26 : ’ israel incessantly invokes provisions of hamas ’ s charter that call for the elimination of jews and the destruction of israel, and its refusal to recognize the state of israel... hamas also calls attention to the clauses in the likud charter that explicitly denounce a two - state solution. a double standard, says hamas.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ noam chomsky ] ], in elliot n. dorff, danya ruttenberg, louis e newman ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = jgfa4moxzeoc & pg = pa26\'\' jewish choices, jewish voices : war and national security,\'\' ] [ [ jewish publication society ] ], 2010 pp. 26 - 7 < / ref > < ref > { { citation | title = israel ’ s policy on statehood merits the same scrutiny as hamas gets | last = dunning | first = tristan | url = http : / / theconversation. com / israels - policy - on - statehood - merits - the - same - scrutiny - as - hamas - gets - 33897 | date = 20 november 2014 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > the foundational document, the [ [ hamas charter ] ] (\'\' mithaq harakat\'\' ), is dated 18 august 1988, and contains both [ [ antisemitism | antisemitic ] ] passages, characterizations of israeli society as nazi - like in its cruelty, < ref > ronni shaked,\'ethos of conflict of the palestinian society,\'in keren sharvit, eran halperin ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ysdycwaaqbaj & pg = pa142\'\' a social psychology perspective on the israeli - palestinian conflict : celebrating the legacy of daniel bar - tal,\'\' ] springer, 2016 volume 2 pp. 133 - 149 p. 142. < / ref > and [ [ irredentism | irredentist claims ] ] that have never been revoked despite what some observers say are later policy changes in the organization regarding israel, < ref > according to [ [ khaled hroub ] ],\'\' hamas : a beginner\'s guide,\'\' pluto press 2006 [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = - xsw4 - 8vvj4c & pg = pa33 p. 33 ] :\'the charter was written in early 1988 by one individual and was made public without appropriate general hamas consultation, revision or consensus, to the regret of hamas\'s leaders in later years. the author of the charter was one of the\'old guard\'of the muslim brotherhood in the gaza strip, completely cut off from the outside world. all kinds of confusions and conflations between judaism and zionism found their way into the charter, to the disservice of hamas ever since, as this document has managed to brand it with charges of\'anti - semitism\'and a naive world - view\'hamas leaders and spokespeople have rarely referred to the charter or quoted from it, evidence that it has come to be seen as a burden rather than an intellectual platform that embraces the movement\'s principles.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ khaled hroub ] ],\'a " new hamas " through its new documents \', [ [ journal of palestine studies ] ], vol. 35, no. 4, summer 2006, issue 140, pp. 6 - 28, p. 6, cited michael schulz,\'hamas between sharia rule and demo - islam,\'in ashok swain, ramses amer, joakim ojendal ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ctxekqijslgc & pg = pa202\'\' globalization and challenges to building peace,\'\' ] pp. 195 - 2011 :\'hamas continues to be characterized with reference to its 1988 charter drawn up less than a year after the movement was established in direct response to the outbreak of the third intifada and when its raison d\'etre was armed resistance to the occupation. yet when its election and post - election documents are compared to the charter, it becomes clear that what is being promoted is a profondly different organization\'< / ref > and the jews, < ref >\'the non - zionist jew is one who belongs to the jewish culture, whether as a believer in the jewish faith or simply by accident of birth, but.. ( who ) takes no part in aggressive actions against our land and our nation... hamas will not adopt a hostile position in practice against anyone because of his ideas or his creed but will adopt such a position if those ideas and creed are translated into hostile or damaging actions against our people.\'( 1990 ) [ [ khaled hroub ] ], [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = - xsw4 - 8vvj4c & pg = pa31 p. 34 ]. < / ref > < ref > giandomenico picco, gabrielle rifkind, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = wvnxagaaqbaj & pg = pa47\'\' the fog of peace\'\' ], [ [ i. b. tauris ] ], 2014 pp. 47 - 48 < / ref > it declares all of palestine [ [ waqf ] ] property endowed by god to muslims, < ref name = " weimann " > gabriel weimann, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 19icbnooymic & pg = pa82\'\' terror on the internet : the new arena, the new challenges,\'\' ] [ [ united states institute of peace | us institute of peace press ] ], 2006 p. 82. < / ref > with religious coexistence under islam\'s wing. < ref > jim zanotti, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ajkhf9y93nkc & pg = pa15\'\' hamas : background and issues for congress,\'\' ] diane publishing, 2011 p. 15. < / ref > the charter rejects a [ [ two - state solution ] ], envisaging no peaceful settlement of the conflict apart from [ [ jihad ] ]. < ref > zanotti, p. 15. < / ref > < ref > roberts [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = xvecbaaaqbaj & pg = pa68 p. 68 ] :\'the charter condemns world zionism and the efforts to isolate palestine, defines the mission of the organization, and locates that mission within palestinian, arab and islamic elements. it does not condemn the west or non - muslims, but does condemn aggression against the palestinian people, arguing for a defensive jihad. it also calls for fraternal relations with the other palestinian nationalist groups \'. < / ref > it states that the movement\'s aim is to < blockquote > raise the banner of allah over every inch of palestine, for under the wing of islam followers of all religions can coexist in security and safety where their lives, possessions and rights are concerned\'( article 6 ) < ref name = " yale " > { { cite web | url = http : / / avalon. law. yale. edu / 20th _ century / hamas. asp | title = hamas covenant 1988 : the covenant of the islamic resistance movement | accessdate = february 15, 2009 | work = the avalon project : documents in law, history and diplomacy | publisher = yale law school | date = august 18, 1988 } } < / ref > < ref > shaul mishal, avraham sela, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = ao - tzkbpdkyc & pg = pa178\'\' the palestinian hamas : vision, violence, and coexistence\'\' ] columbia university press, 2006 p. 178. < / ref > < / blockquote > and adds that,\'when our enemies usurp some islamic lands, jihad becomes a duty binding on all muslims, < ref name = " tessler " > mark a. tessler [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 3kbu4biacrqc & pg = pa696\'\' a history of the israeli - palestinian conflict,\'\' ] indiana university press, 1994 pp. 546, 696 < / ref > for which the whole of the land is non - negotiable, a position likened, without the racist sentiments present in the hamas charter, to that in the [ [ likud ] ] party platform and in movements like [ [ gush emunim ] ]. for hamas, to concede territory is seen as equivalent to renouncing islam itself. < ref > [ [ peter beinart ] ], [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = v0u1fjermgkc & pg = pt231\'\' the crisis of zionism,\'\' ] melbourne university press 2012 p. 219 n. 53. < / ref > < ref name = " emmett " > ayala h. emmett, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 7bazowasdnmc & pg = pa101\'\' our sisters\'promised land : women, politics, and israeli - palestinian coexistence,\'\' ] university of michigan press, 2003 pp. 100 - 102. < / ref > < ref > glenn frankel, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = b0zymin06ayc & pg = pa390\'\' beyond the promised land : jews and arabs on the hard road to a new israel,\'\' ] [ [ simon and schuster ] ], 1996 p. 389 - 391, cites binjamin netanyahu as declaring :\'you say the bible is not a property deed. but i say the opposite - the bible is our mandate, the bible is our deed \'. [ [ yitzhak rabin ] ] at the time charged that " bibi netyanyahu is a hamas collaborator.. hamas and likud have the same political goal.\'< / ref > < ref > david whitten smith, elizabeth geraldine burr, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 5v - ibaaaqbaj & pg = pa250\'\' understanding world religions : a road map for justice and peace,\'\' ] [ [ rowman & littlefield ] ], 2014 2nd. ed. pp. 250 - 1 for a comparison of similarities regarding ownership of the land in the likud and hamas platforms. < / ref > < ref > louise fawcett, [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = nnuihauzzngc & pg = pa249\'\' international relations of the middle east,\'\' ] [ [ oxford university press ] ] 2013 p. 49 :\'the hamas platform calls for full muslim - palestinian control of the mediterranean to the jordan river – the mirror image of likud ’ s platform for jewish control of the same land.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ padraig o\'malley ] ] [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 3 _ kvbaaaqbaj & pg = pa126\'\' the two - state delusion : israel and palestine - - a tale of two narratives,\'\' ] penguin books 2015 p. 26 : ’ israel incessantly invokes provisions of hamas ’ s charter that call for the elimination of jews and the destruction of israel, and its refusal to recognize the state of israel... hamas also calls attention to the clauses in the likud charter that explicitly denounce a two - state solution. a double standard, says hamas.\'< / ref > < ref > [ [ noam chomsky ] ], in elliot n. dorff, danya ruttenberg, louis e newman ( eds. ), [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = jgfa4moxzeoc & pg = pa26\'\' jewish choices, jewish voices : war and national security,\'\' ] [ [ jewish publication society ] ], 2010 pp. 26 - 7 < / ref > < ref > { { citation | title = israel ’ s policy on statehood merits the same scrutiny as hamas gets | last = dunning | first = tristan | url = http : / / theconversation. com / israels - policy - on - statehood - merits - the - same - scrutiny - as - hamas - gets - 33897 | date = 20 november 2014 } } < / ref > < eod >']