Revision of Palestinian Hamas organization's founding document
For the 1988 founding document for Hamas, see 1988 Hamas charter.
In May 2017 Palestinian political and military organization Hamas unveiled A Document of General Principles and Policies (وثيقة المبادئ والسياسات العامة لحركة حماس), often referred to as the new or revisedHamas charter. It advocated for a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders, describing this as a "formula of national consensus",[1] but at the same time strove for the "complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea",[2][3] and did not explicitly recognize Israel.[1] The new charter holds that armed resistance against an occupying power is justified under international law.[4][5]
While the 1988 Hamas Charter had been widely criticized for its antisemitism, the 2017 document stated that Hamas' fight was not with Jews as such because of their religion but with the Zionist project. However, Hamas fell short of repudiating the original, 1988 charter, saying it was a document of its time and the new document represented Hamas's position for now.
Views on the 2017 document varied. While some welcomed it as a sign of pragmatism and increased political maturity, and a potential step on the way to peace, many others dismissed it as a merely cosmetic effort designed to make Hamas sound more palatable while changing nothing about Hamas' underlying aims and methods.
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