Hamas was founded in Gaza in December 1987, at the start of the First Intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. It grew out of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and one of its leading founders was the cleric Ahmed Yassin. Its 1988 charter called for the destruction of Israel, and it combined a social-welfare network with an armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which carried out attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. In 2006 it won the Palestinian legislative elections, and in 2007 it seized control of the Gaza Strip after fighting with Fatah. The United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and several other countries designate it a terrorist organisation, while its supporters regard it as a resistance movement.
Before and after
- from November 1987 to February 19881987–1988 violence in Kafan
- 8 December 1987Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- from 8 December 1987 to 13 September 1993First Intifada
- 9 December 1987Creation of Windows 2.0
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 19 December 1987Birth of Karim Benzema
- 1988Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 1988Founding of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 1988Publication of The Alchemist
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- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
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