Talk:Hamas

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grammar edit

Hello everyone,

Under the topic "violence", it says:

In 2003, according to Stephen Atkins, Hamas resumed suicide bombings in Israel as a retaliatory measure after the failure of peace talks and an Israeli campaign targeting members of the upper echelon of the Hamas leadership.[i] but they are considered as crimes against humanity under international law.

Im not an english native speaker, but the bold marked part sounds weird, doesnt it?

I would change it to "These acts are considered..."

Kind regards,

Jay :) Jay Laserfocus (talk) 15:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done - it looks like this was a half-complete edit - we already reference that report immediately after this odd sentence fragment. I've de-duplicated the ref and removed the awkward phrasing. Smallangryplanet (talk) 17:00, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Hamas

you forgot to write hamas in a teror organitation that killed jewish without reason and a lot of countries are think that hamas is teror organitation Garrymendelboum1233 (talk) 09:46, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you copy/paste the text you read that caused you to write 'you forgot to write...'. Was it an AI summary or something else? I ask because the article does include information about terrorist organization designations. Sean.hoyland (talk) 10:02, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I also don't know why Hamas isn't referred to as a terrorist organization in the first line. There should at least be an FAQ about this above. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 19:15, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

This is mentioned in the lead multiple times. Please see MOS:TERRORIST for more on how we apply terms like "terrorist" or "terror organization." Smallangryplanet (talk) 16:53, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Also, we already do have a FAQ about this above. Maybe it was added after this request? Smallangryplanet (talk) 17:01, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

I'll give you a draft, which will be in a hidden message (you'll have to see the source code):

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You can make edits you see fit. The page should be called Talk:Hamas/FAQ. Candidyeoman55 (talk) 17:10, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

We have this already. On this page. It was added a while ago I think because this question comes up often. Smallangryplanet (talk) 17:59, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

“Israeli occupied Gaza strip”

The Gaza strip has been under blockade, not occupation, since 2007. ~2026-34988-38 (talk) 04:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Smallangryplanet (talk) 16:48, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

It has been both. Therefore, we have Blockade of the Gaza Strip and Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip. Lova Falk (talk) 09:40, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 11 July 2026

Description of suggested change:

The claim that Israel funded the origin of Hamas originates from an author who is a PLO affiliated individual, they worked closely with the PLO as a spokesperson according to multiple media sources an example and so we should either remove this line entirely, or at least put a disclaimer at the end like: This alleged claim originates from a historian previously affiliated with the PLO as a spokesperson during the 1970s.

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Initially, Hamas was discreetly supported by Israel, as a counter-balance to the secular Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state.ORIGINAL_WIKITEXT

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Initially, Hamas was discreetly supported by Israel, as a counter-balance to the secular Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state. This claim originates from a historian previously affiliated with the PLO as a spokesperson during the 1970s.CHANGED_WIKITEXT

5aturnius (talk) 04:17, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: This change is potentially controversial and will require a consensus before it can be implemented. There was a particularly amusing line in the source you linked where the author states that he "had a hasbara flacking past" and wrote things that had "a flirtatious relationship with the truth". Perhaps he's earned himself a disclaimer too. Day Creature (talk) 04:40, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Religious treatment of women in Gaza

I don't understand why it's comparing them to Jews except to assume that the user who edited it that way was trying to advance a view. Parrot in search of knowledge (talk) 07:15, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

See WP:EDITXY for how to write an edit request. Sean.hoyland (talk) 07:59, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Parrot is criticizing the article's text, they are not making a request. Dimadick (talk) 10:16, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

I know. They can only make a request, and it must follow WP:EDITXY. Sean.hoyland (talk) 10:40, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Recognition of Israel

this section could be cut to save space. its repetitive. Astropulse (talk) 00:24, 24 July 2026 (UTC)