But Hamas has made some efforts to improve relations with Western governments, including by issuing a policy document in 2017 that took more moderate positions than its founding charter.

In competition with the secular Fatah political party which dominated the Palestinian national movement, Hamas drew up a charter and built a military wing to resist Israel’s occupation.

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Until May 2017, its charter explicitly called for the destruction of Israel, with which it has fought a number of wars over the past two decades. Since 2007, Hamas has had sole control of the Gaza ...

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