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2017 Hamas charter
Revision of Palestinian Hamas organization's founding document
2017 Hamas charter
On 1 May 2017, Palestinian political and military organization Hamas unveiled A Document of General Principles and Policies (Arabic: وثيقة المبادئ والسياسات العامة لحركة حماس), also known as the 2017 Hamas charter, "new charter", or "current" charter. It accepted the idea of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, i.e. comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip only, on the condition that also the Palestinian refugees were allowed to return to their homes, if it is clear this is the consensus of the Palestinians ("a formula of national consensus"); but at the same time this document strove for the "complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea", and did not explicitly recognize Israel. The new charter holds that armed resistance against an occupying power is justified under international law. While the 1988 Hamas Charter had been widely criticized for its antisemitism, the 2017 document removed the antisemitic language and stated that Hamas' fight was not with Jews as such...
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