Hamas
/ˈhæmæs/- a Palestinian Islamic movement founded in 1987 with the aim of establishing a Palestinian state incorporating present-day Israel and the West Bank. In 2006 Hamas defeated the more moderate Fatah in the elections for the Palestinian National Authority.哈马斯(巴勒斯坦伊斯兰运动, 成立于1987年, 旨在建立一个把现在以色列和约旦河西地区合并起来的巴勒斯坦国。2006年哈马斯在争取巴勒斯坦民族权力机构的选举中击败较为温和的法塔赫。)
词源
Arabic, acronym from the official name of the organization, arakat al-Muqāwama al-Islāmiyya 'Islamic Resistance Movement'.