Transcript שקופית 1

Meaning- "Party of God“
 A Shi'a Muslim militant group and political party
based in Lebanon.
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Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Israel classify
Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, in whole or
in part.
Hezbolla’s
 Secretary generalflag
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah
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Emerged in response to the 1982 Israeli
invasion of Lebanon
Was founded with an Iranian support and its
forces were trained and organized by a group
of the ”Iranian Revolutionary Guards”.
Also receives political and military support
from Syria
Officially announced their existence in a
letter to the Lebanese press in 1985 .
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4 goals:
 Israel's final departure from Lebanon as a prelude
to its final obliteration
 Ending any imperialist power in Lebanon
 Bringing the Phalangists to justice for their crimes
 giving the people the chance to choose with full
freedom the system of government they want.
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1982–2000 -a guerrilla campaign
against Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon
1993- ”Operation Accountability”
April 1996- operation “Grapes of Wrath”
October 7, 2000, kidnapping and killing of
three Israeli soldiers on the Israeli side of
the Israeli-Lebanese border
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2006 kidnapping the Israeli soldiers Ehud
Goldwasser and Eldad Regev
2006- the second Lebanon war
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Hezbollah became a part of the
Lebanese government for the first time on
June 13, 2011.
Started as only a small militia, it has now
grown to an organization with seats in
the Lebanese government, a radio and
television-stations, and programs for social
development.
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reverse acronym of “ḥarakat al-taḥrīr alwaṭanī al-filasṭīnī (meaning : "Palestinian
National Liberation Movement.“)
a major Palestinian political party and the
largest faction of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO)
unlike Hamas, Fatah is not
currently regarded as
a terrorist organization
by any government
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founded in 1959 by members of the
Palestinian diaspora
The founders includedYasser Arafat who was
head of the General Union of Palestinian
Students (GUPS) in Cairo University
and Salah Khalaf, Khalil al-Wazir, Khaled
Yashruti who were leading the GUPS in Beirut
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Palestine is part of the Arab World, and the
Palestinian people are part of the Arab Nation
The Palestinian people have an independent
identity.
liberating Palestine by a Palestinian armed
struggle.
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The two most important decision-making
bodies are the Central Committee of
Fatah and the Fatah Revolutionary Council.
Fatah joined the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) in 1967. Founder Yasser
Arafat became Chairman of the PLO in 1969
The head of Fatah is Abu Mazen.
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In the 1960’s and the 1970’s, Fatah provided
training to a wide range of European, Middle
Eastern, Asian, and African militant groups,
and carried out numerous attacks against
Israeli targets in Western Europe and the
Middle East
Fatah received weapons, explosives and
training from the USSR, some East European
states and China
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Meaning - "enthusiasm“
A Palestinian Sunni-Islamic political party and a
military movement in the Gaza Strip and the west
bank.
The European Union, the United
States, Canada,Israel and Japan classify Hamas as
a terrorist organization, while nations such
as Russia and Turkey do not.
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Hamas was founded in 1987, during the First
Intifada, as an offshoot of the
“Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood”.
Founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Ahmad
Taha
1988 manifest: to liberate Palestine from Israeli
occupation and to establish an Islamic state in
the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and
the Gaza Strip
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In more recent years, there have been some
statements from a few Hamas leaders, saying
that a recognition In an Israeli state is
possible in certain terms
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Hamas is built of three wings:
 The political wing
 The social welfare wing
 The military wing - Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
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Forms of action:
 Jihad
 daawa
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Hamas, headed by Ismail Haniyeh, won the
2006 Palestinian elections, winning 76 of the
132 seats of parliament (to Fatah's 43)
the Hamas victory brought to an end 40 years
of PLO domination of Palestinian politics
Today , Hamas govern the Gasa strip while
the Palestinian authority is more dominant in
the west bank