د "د حماس اسلامي غورځنگ" د بڼو تر مېنځ توپير

In an article published on April 23, 2007 in the Hamas paper ''Al-Risalah'', its author Kan'an Ubayd stated: "... the extermination of Jews is good for the inhabitants of the worlds on a land, to which Allah gave his blessing for the sake of the inhabitants of the worlds.”<ref>[http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_may2007.htm#b030507 Hamas: "The extermination of the Jews is good for the inhabitants of the worlds."]. [[Palestinian Media Watch]] bulletin by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook. May 3, 2007 </ref>

 

Hamas is particularly popular among Palestinians in the [[Gaza Strip]], though it also has a following in the [[West Bank]], and to a lesser extent in other Middle Eastern countries. Since its formation in 1987, Hamas has conducted numerous social, political, and military actions. Its popularity stems in part from its [[social welfare|welfare]] and social services to Palestinians in the [[occupied territories]], including school and hospital construction. The group devotes much of its estimated $70 million annual budget to an extensive social services network, running many relief and education programs, and funds schools, orphanages, mosques, healthcare clinics, soup kitchens, and sports leagues. According to the Israeli scholar [[Reuven Paz]] "approximately 90 percent of the organization's work is in social, welfare, cultural, and educational activities".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/hamas.html|publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|date=March 16, 2006|title=Hamas: Background Q&A}}</ref> These programs are viewed variously as part of a sincere social development agenda, an integrated para-state policy, as [[propaganda]] and [[recruitment]] exercises, or any combination thereof.{{Fact|date=October 2007}}

In fact, by providing these services they succeeded in acquiring popularity among the Palestine people and gaining their political allegiance; this is related to the concept of a [[political machine]]. Their funds come from [[OPEC]] representatives in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Kuwait]], [[Iran]], as well as charitable donations from local and international community. {{Fact|date=October 2007}}