Archival: The Hamas Charter – A Religious Antisemitic Document That Calls For Uncompromising Jihad Against The Jews
Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10881
October 17, 2023
The Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is a religious, antisemitic document that calls for uncompromising war against the Jews until Judgement Day and rejects ceding even an inch of the land of Palestine. It declares that the only valid way to liberate Palestine is to wage jihad against Israel until achieving either victory or death, and proclaims this to be a religious duty incumbent on every individual Muslim man or woman.
Explicitly citing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Charter describes the Jews as an enemy that controls the world and which, for centuries, has sought to undermine all human values and to sow worldwide corruption and destruction in order to gain profits and power. It blames the Jews – "a wicked enemy with Nazi behavior" – for all wars throughout history, and for toppling the Islamic caliphate, since their aim is to annihilate Islam.
According to the Charter, the jihad waged today is a continuation of the jihad launched in the early days of Islam, which will persist until the End of Days. Hamas pledges to remain committed to this jihad until the words of the Prophet Muhammad come true: "The hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, so that the Jews hide behind trees and stones, and each tree and stone will say: 'Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,' except for the Gharqad tree, for it is the tree of the Jews."
The Charter declares Palestine to be an Islamic waqf, a religious term which means that the land belongs to Allah alone and is "given as endowment for all generations of Muslims until the Day of Resurrection," and therefore the Muslims are religiously prohibited from relinquishing any part of it. International conferences that seek a solution for the Palestinian problem, it adds, are "nothing but a way to give the infidels power of arbitration over Muslim land," which can only be liberated by means of jihad.
The following is a translation of the Hamas Charter, as translated by MEMRI in 2006.
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