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HAMAS IN 2017: THE DOCUMENT IN FULL

Hamas explains general principles and objectives in 42-article document

Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in Gaza, and senior political leader Ismail
Haniyeh on 27 March (AFP)

By MEE staff
Published date: 2 May 2017 09:25 BST | Last update: 6 years 7 months ago
 3006  1620  48  5260

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all worlds. May the peace and blessings of Allah
be upon Muhammad, the Master of Messengers and the Leader of the mujahidin, and
upon his household and all his companions.


PREAMBLE

Palestine is the land of the Arab Palestinian people, from it they originate, to
it they adhere and belong, and about it they reach out and communicate. 

Palestine is a land whose status has been elevated by Islam, a faith that holds
it in high esteem, that breathes through it its spirit and just values and that
lays the foundation for the doctrine of defending and protecting it.

Palestine is the cause of a people who have been let down by a world that fails
to secure their rights and restore to them what has been usurped from them, a
people whose land continues to suffer one of the worst types of occupation in
this world.

> Palestine is a land that was seized by a racist, anti-human and colonial
> Zionist project

Palestine is a land that was seized by a racist, anti-human and colonial Zionist
project that was founded on a false promise (the Balfour Declaration), on
recognition of a usurping entity and on imposing a fait accompli by force.

Palestine symbolises the resistance that shall continue until liberation is
accomplished, until the return is fulfilled and until a fully sovereign state is
established with Jerusalem as its capital.

Palestine is the true partnership among Palestinians of all affiliations for the
sublime objective of liberation.

Palestine is the spirit of the Ummah and its central cause; it is the soul of
humanity and its living conscience.

This document is the product of deep deliberations that led us to a strong
consensus. As a movement, we agree about both the theory and the practice of the
vision that is outlined in the pages that follow. It is a vision that stands on
solid grounds and on well-established principles. This document unveils the
goals, the milestones and the way in which national unity can be enforced. It
also establishes our common understanding of the Palestinian cause, the working
principles which we use to further it, and the limits of flexibility used to
interpret it.


THE MOVEMENT

1. The Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” is a Palestinian Islamic national
liberation and resistance movement. Its goal is to liberate Palestine and
confront the Zionist project. Its frame of reference is Islam, which determines
its principles, objectives and means.


THE LAND OF PALESTINE

2. Palestine, which extends from the River Jordan in the east to the
Mediterranean in the west and from Ras al-Naqurah in the north to Umm
al-Rashrash in the south, is an integral territorial unit. It is the land and
the home of the Palestinian people. The expulsion and banishment of the
Palestinian people from their land and the establishment of the Zionist entity
therein do not annul the right of the Palestinian people to their entire land
and do not entrench any rights therein for the usurping Zionist entity.

3. Palestine is an Arab Islamic land. It is a blessed sacred land that has a
special place in the heart of every Arab and every Muslim.


THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

4. The Palestinians are the Arabs who lived in Palestine until 1947,
 irrespective of whether they were expelled from it, or stayed in it; and every
person that was born to an Arab Palestinian father after that date, whether
inside or outside Palestine, is a Palestinian.

> Catastrophes... cannot erase the identity of the Palestinian people nor can
> they negate it

5. The Palestinian identity is authentic and timeless; it is passed from
generation to generation. The catastrophes that have befallen the Palestinian
people, as a consequence of the Zionist occupation and its policy of
displacement, cannot erase the identity of the Palestinian people nor can they
negate it. A Palestinian shall not lose his or her national identity or rights
by acquiring a second nationality.

6. The Palestinian people are one people, made up of all Palestinians, inside
and outside of Palestine, irrespective of their religion, culture or political
affiliation.


ISLAM AND PALESTINE

7. Palestine is at the heart of the Arab and Islamic Ummah and enjoys a special
status. Within Palestine there exists Jerusalem, whose precincts are blessed by
Allah. Palestine is the Holy Land, which Allah has blessed for humanity. It is
the Muslims’ first Qiblah and the destination of the journey performed at night
by Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. It is the location from where he
ascended to the upper heavens. It is the birthplace of Jesus Christ, peace be
upon him. Its soil contains the remains of thousands of prophets, companions and
mujahidin. It is the land of people who are determined to defend the truth –
within Jerusalem and its surroundings – who are not deterred or intimidated by
those who oppose them and by those who betray them, and they will continue their
mission until the Promise of Allah is fulfilled.

8. By virtue of its justly balanced middle way and moderate spirit, Islam – for
Hamas - provides a comprehensive way of life and an order that is fit for
purpose at all times and in all places. Islam is a religion of peace and
tolerance. It provides an umbrella for the followers of other creeds and
religions who can practice their beliefs in security and safety. Hamas also
believes that Palestine has always been and will always be a model of
coexistence, tolerance and civilizational innovation.

9. Hamas believes that the message of Islam upholds the values of truth,
justice, freedom and dignity and prohibits all forms of injustice and
incriminates oppressors irrespective of their religion, race, gender or
nationality. Islam is against all forms of religious, ethnic or sectarian
extremism and bigotry. It is the religion that inculcates in its followers the
value of standing up to aggression and of supporting the oppressed; it motivates
them to give generously and make sacrifices in defence of their dignity, their
land, their peoples and their holy places.


JERUSALEM

10. Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. Its religious, historic and
civilisational status is fundamental to the Arabs, Muslims and the world at
large. Its Islamic and Christian holy places belong exclusively to the
Palestinian people and to the Arab and Islamic Ummah. Not one stone of Jerusalem
can be surrendered or relinquished. The measures undertaken by the occupiers in
Jerusalem, such as Judaisation, settlement building, and establishing facts on
the ground are fundamentally null and void.

11. The blessed al-Aqsa Mosque belongs exclusively to our people and our Ummah,
and the occupation has no right to it whatsoever. The occupation’s plots,
measures and attempts to judaize al-Aqsa and divide it are null, void and
illegitimate.




Palestinians near the Dome of Rock shrine at al-Aqsa Mosque on April 21 (AFP)




REFUGEES AND RIGHT OF RETURN

12. The Palestinian cause in its essence is a cause of an occupied land and a
displaced people. The right of the Palestinian refugees and the displaced to
return to their homes from which they were banished or were banned from
returning to – whether in the lands occupied in 1948 or in 1967 (that is the
whole of Palestine), is a natural right, both individual and collective. This
right is confirmed by all divine laws as well as by the basic principles of
human rights and international law. It is an inalienable right and cannot be
dispensed with by any party, whether Palestinian, Arab or international.

13. Hamas rejects all attempts to erase the rights of the refugees, including
the attempts to settle them outside Palestine and through the projects of the
alternative homeland. Compensation to the Palestinian refugees for the harm they
have suffered as a consequence of banishing them and occupying their land is an
absolute right that goes hand in hand with their right to return. They are to
receive compensation upon their return and this does not negate or diminish
their right to return.


THE ZIONIST PROJECT

14. The Zionist project is a racist, aggressive, colonial and expansionist
project based on seizing the properties of others; it is hostile to the
Palestinian people and to their aspiration for freedom, liberation, return and
self-determination. The Israeli entity is the plaything of the Zionist project
and its base of aggression.

15. The Zionist project does not target the Palestinian people alone; it is the
enemy of the Arab and Islamic Ummah posing a grave threat to its security and
interests. It is also hostile to the Ummah’s aspirations for unity, renaissance
and liberation and has been the major source of its troubles. The Zionist
project also poses a danger to international security and peace and to mankind
and its interests and stability.

> Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews
> because of their religion

16. Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the
Jews because of their religion. Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews
because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy
Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews
with their own colonial project and illegal entity.

17. Hamas rejects the persecution of any human being or the undermining of his
or her rights on nationalist, religious or sectarian grounds. Hamas is of the
view that the Jewish problem, anti-Semitism and the persecution of the Jews are
phenomena fundamentally linked to European history and not to the history of the
Arabs and the Muslims or to their heritage. The Zionist movement, which was able
with the help of Western powers to occupy Palestine, is the most dangerous form
of settlement occupation which has already disappeared from much of the world
and must disappear from Palestine.


THE POSITION TOWARD OCCUPATION AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS

18. The following are considered null and void: the Balfour Declaration, the
British Mandate Document, the UN Palestine Partition Resolution, and whatever
resolutions and measures that derive from them or are similar to them. The
establishment of “Israel” is entirely illegal and contravenes the inalienable
rights of the Palestinian people and goes against their will and the will of the
Ummah; it is also in violation of human rights that are guaranteed by
international conventions, foremost among them is the right to
self-determination.

19. There shall be no recognition of the legitimacy of the Zionist entity.
Whatever has befallen the land of Palestine in terms of occupation, settlement
building, judaisation or changes to its features or falsification of facts is
illegitimate. Rights never lapse.

20. Hamas believes that no part of the land of Palestine shall be compromised or
conceded, irrespective of the causes, the circumstances and the pressures and no
matter how long the occupation lasts. Hamas rejects any alternative to the full
and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. However,
without compromising its rejection of the Zionist entity and without
relinquishing any Palestinian rights, Hamas considers the establishment of a
fully sovereign and independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital
along the lines of the 4th of June 1967, with the return of the refugees and the
displaced to their homes from which they were expelled, to be a formula of
national consensus.

> There shall be no recognition of the legitimacy of the Zionist entity

21. Hamas affirms that the Oslo Accords and their addenda contravene the
governing rules of international law in that they generate commitments that
violate the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Therefore, the
Movement rejects these agreements and all that flows from them, such as the
obligations that are detrimental to the interests of our people, especially
security coordination (collaboration).

22. Hamas rejects all the agreements, initiatives and settlement projects that
are aimed at undermining the Palestinian cause and the rights of our Palestinian
people. In this regard, any stance, initiative or political programme must not
in any way violate these rights and should not contravene them or contradict
them.

23. Hamas stresses that transgression against the Palestinian people, usurping
their land and banishing them from their homeland cannot be called peace. Any
settlements reached on this basis will not lead to peace. Resistance and jihad
for the liberation of Palestine will remain a legitimate right, a duty and an
honour for all the sons and daughters of our people and our Ummah.




Palestinian boys walk past graffiti on a wall of the UN school of Beit Hanoun
Gaza (AFP)




RESISTANCE AND LIBERATION

24. The liberation of Palestine is the duty of the Palestinian people in
particular and the duty of the Arab and Islamic Ummah in general. It is also a
humanitarian obligation as necessitated by the dictates of truth and justice.
The agencies working for Palestine, whether national, Arab, Islamic or
humanitarian, complement each other and are harmonious and not in conflict with
each other.

25. Resisting the occupation with all means and methods is a legitimate right
guaranteed by divine laws and by international norms and laws. At the heart of
these lies armed resistance, which is regarded as the strategic choice for
protecting the principles and the rights of the Palestinian people.

26. Hamas rejects any attempt to undermine the resistance and its arms. It also
affirms the right of our people to develop the means and mechanisms of
resistance. Managing resistance, in terms of escalation or de-escalation, or in
terms of diversifying the means and methods, is an integral part of the process
of managing the conflict and should not be at the expense of the principle of
resistance.


THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

27. A real state of Palestine is a state that has been liberated. There is no
alternative to a fully sovereign Palestinian State on the entire national
Palestinian soil, with Jerusalem as its capital.

28. Hamas believes in, and adheres to, managing its Palestinian relations on the
basis of pluralism, democracy, national partnership, acceptance of the other and
the adoption of dialogue. The aim is to bolster the unity of ranks and joint
action for the purpose of accomplishing national goals and fulfilling the
aspirations of the Palestinian people.

> The PLO is a national framework for the Palestinian people

29. The PLO is a national framework for the Palestinian people inside and
outside of Palestine.  It should therefore be preserved, developed and rebuilt
on democratic foundations so as to secure the participation of all the
constituents and forces of the Palestinian people, in a manner that safeguards
Palestinian rights.

30. Hamas stresses the necessity of building Palestinian national institutions
on sound democratic principles, foremost among them are free and fair elections.
Such process should be on the basis of national partnership and in accordance
with a clear programme and a clear strategy that adhere to the rights, including
the right of resistance, and which fulfil the aspirations of the Palestinian
people.

31. Hamas affirms that the role of the Palestinian Authority should be to serve
the Palestinian people and safeguard their security, their rights and their
national project.

32. Hamas stresses the necessity of maintaining the independence of Palestinian
national decision-making. Outside forces should not be allowed to intervene. At
the same time, Hamas affirms the responsibility of the Arabs and the Muslims and
their duty and role in the liberation of Palestine from Zionist occupation.

33. Palestinian society is enriched by its prominent personalities, figures,
dignitaries, civil society institutions, and youth, students, trade unionist and
women’s groups who together work for the achievement of national goals and
societal building, pursue resistance, and achieve liberation.

34. The role of Palestinian women is fundamental in the process of building the
present and the future, just as it has always been in the process of making
Palestinian history. It is a pivotal role in the project of resistance,
liberation and building the political system.




Palestinian women protest in support of Hamas in Gaza (AFP)




THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC UMMAH

35. Hamas believes that the Palestinian issue is the central cause for the Arab
and Islamic Ummah.

36. Hamas believes in the unity of the Ummah with all its diverse constituents
and is aware of the need to avoid anything that could fragment the Ummah and
undermine its unity.

37. Hamas believes in cooperating with all states that support the rights of the
Palestinian people. It opposes intervention in the internal affairs of any
country. It also refuses to be drawn into disputes and conflicts that take place
among different countries. Hamas adopts the policy of opening up to different
states in the world, especially the Arab and Islamic states. It endeavours to
establish balanced relations on the basis of combining the requirements of the
Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people’s interests on the one hand with
the interests of the Ummah, its renaissance and its security on the other.


THE HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECT

38. The Palestinian issue is one that has major humanitarian and international
dimensions. Supporting and backing this cause is a humanitarian and
civilisational task that is required by the prerequisites of truth, justice and
common humanitarian values.

39. From a legal and humanitarian perspective, the liberation of Palestine is a
legitimate activity, it is an act of self-defence, and it is the expression of
the natural right of all peoples to self-determination.

40. In its relations with world nations and peoples, Hamas believes in the
values of cooperation, justice, freedom and respect of the will of the people.

41. Hamas welcomes the stances of states, organisations and institutions that
support the rights of the Palestinian people. It salutes the free peoples of the
world who support the Palestinian cause. At the same time, it denounces the
support granted by any party to the Zionist entity or the attempts to cover up
its crimes and aggression against the Palestinians and calls for the prosecution
of Zionist war criminals.

42. Hamas rejects the attempts to impose hegemony on the Arab and Islamic Ummah
just as it rejects the attempts to impose hegemony on the rest of the world’s
nations and peoples. Hamas also condemns all forms of colonialism, occupation,
discrimination, oppression and aggression in the world.


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