Hamas is a Palestinian organization active in the Gaza Strip. The U.S. Department of State’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations records HAMAS with a designation date of 8 October 1997.

Scope of this entry

This knowledge base covers American political discourse and media. Hamas appears in it only because its 7 October 2023 attack on Israel and the ensuing war became a dominant subject of American online political argument — the subject of platform moderation disputes, campus protest coverage, and advocacy campaigns documented elsewhere in this collection. The organization itself is not a participant in American digital political discourse, and this page does not attempt a general account of its history, governance or military activity, which fall outside the scope of this project.

Sources

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    U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism. Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The department's official list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Source for HAMAS carrying a designation date of 8 October 1997.

    www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations