Word: fundamentalistic
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...were never tried in a court of law. Israel claims that all of the men deported were members of Hamas, the Islamic fundamentalist Palestinian organization that opposes negotiation with Israel. However, Israel has offered absolutely no proof of these allegations. In addition, Israel never released a complete list of the deportees' names, nor did it inform their families. May of the deportees were in prison before their deportation, and several of their families do not know what has become of them...
...recognized Israel, abandoned armed struggle in the fight for Palestinian self-determination, and adopted a political approach. Its members have participated in peace talks with Israel. Hamas, on the other hand, draws those Palestinians who are fundamentalist Muslims, as well as those who oppose the negotiations. Only as Hamas became a force popular and strong enough to challenge the Israeli occupation did Israel change its policy of leniency towards the groups...
This should be a somber time for Muslim fundamentalists in the Israeli- occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Over the past three weeks, Israel has deported 415 alleged Islamic activists to Lebanon and jailed 1,000 others; dozens more have been shot in clashes with the army. But far from despairing, adherents of the fundamentalist movement are jubilant. "The Israelis," says a member of Hamas, the main fundamentalist organization, "have done us a big favor. We are the winners in all of this...
Both its military actions and its social programs have made Hamas ever more popular in the territories. Still, a sizable segment of those who vote for fundamentalist blocs in elections for Palestinian chambers of commerce or student labor unions do so less out of commitment to its agenda than in protest against the failures and foibles of the P.L.O. Palestinians are not only disillusioned by the organization's inability to bring them any closer to the dream of independence but also consider it to be inept and corrupt. Kassem estimates that 30% of Hamas supporters are true believers, while...
...aware of that eventuality. Says a senior military official: "We can keep a lid on the territories by applying pressure, but they will boil over again once we lift the lid. The solution is to deal with the fire underneath, through political means." Given the ferocity of the fundamentalist challenge, it is a fire best extinguished quickly, before it spreads further...