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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: "Seven Tactics Wikipedia Editors Used to Spread Anti-Israel Bias Since Oct. 7". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024. Google "Hamas ideology," and you'll find that the list of ideologies for the terror group include "anti-Zionism" and "anti-imperialism" but not "antisemitism" — all of which comes straight from the "infobox" of the Hamas Wikipedia article. Yaakov Menken (August 6, 2024). "Wikipedia hates Israel and Jews". Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved August 6, 2024. Regarding Hamas itself, however, Wikipedia merely says that "authors have characterized" (emphasis added) the Hamas charter as genocidal, although Hamas leaders themselves repeatedly declare that genocide against the Jewish nation is the group's very purpose and mission. Shraga Simmons (November 11, 2024). "Weaponizing Wikipedia against Israel: How the global information pipeline is being hijacked by digital jihadists". Aish. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024. Wikipedia's main article on Hamas omits mention that Hamas' 1988 charter calls for jihad and the destruction of Israel. The article even compares Hamas' charter to Likud's party platform. "Wikipedia bans eight editors, six of them anti-Israel". Jewish News Syndicate. January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025. One of the banned editors removed mention of Hamas's 1988 charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel, from an article on the Islamic terrorist group, six weeks after the massacre. "Editing for Hate: How Anti-Israel and Anti-Jewish Bias Undermines Wikipedia's Neutrality". Anti-Defamation League. March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025. The Arabic-language page for Hamas, perhaps even more egregiously than the English-language version, glorifies the terrorist organization, minimizes its atrocities, and, in places, appears to function as propaganda that does not abide by Wikipedia's NPOV requirements or its content source standards. Aaron Bandler (May 1, 2025). "23 Congressional Members Express Concern to Wikimedia Foundation Over "Potential Abuse of Wikipedia by Coordinated Actors"". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved May 2, 2025. The letter highlighted how the report documented instances in which these editors scrubbed the Wikipedia pages of certain public figures' support for terrorism and antisemitism and that the Hamas Wikipedia page whitewashes Hamas'terror activities. Ashley Rindsberg (Oct 24, 2024). "How Wikipedia's Pro-Hamas Editors Hijacked the Israel-Palestine Narrative". Pirate Wires. This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 10 times. The weeks in which this happened: July 13 to 19, 2014 July 20 to 26, 2014 July 27 to August 2, 2014 August 3 to 9, 2014 May 9 to 15, 2021 May 16 to 22, 2021 October 1 to 7, 2023 October 8 to 14, 2023 October 15 to 21, 2023 October 22 to 28, 2023 Hamas is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive. Article milestones Date Process Result March 1, 2004 Featured article candidate Not promoted The content of International positions on the nature of Hamas was merged into Hamas on October 21, 2020. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page. Text and/or other creative content from Hamas was copied or moved into Criticism of Hamas with this edit on March 25, 2017. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Section sizes Section size for Hamas (59 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 24,496 24,496 490 490 Etymology 497 497 36 36 History 16,685 16,685 808 808 Policies towards Israel and Palestine 2,312 61,623 200 4,135 Truce proposals 5,746 5,746 604 604 Recognition of Israel 11,954 11,954 669 669 Evolution of positions 32 41,611 0 2,662 1988–1992 (first charter) 1,942 1,942 150 150 1992–2005 2,423 2,423 180 180 2006–2007: 1967 borders and a truce 7,415 7,415 682 682 2008–2016 10,281 10,281 578 578 2017–6 Oct 2023 (new charter) 4,970 4,970 276 276 7 Oct 2023–present 7,677 7,677 441 441 Reactions 6,871 6,871 355 355 Religious policy 24 15,016 0 922 Gaza Strip 7,827 7,827 461 461 In the West Bank 3,075 3,075 232 232 Erdoğan's Turkey as a role model 4,090 4,090 229 229 Charter and policy documents 36 15,321 0 478 1988 charter 7,427 7,427 195 195 2017 charter 7,858 7,858 283 283 Organization 18 35,236 0 2,595 Leadership and structure 2,607 4,876 278 395 Shura Council and Political Bureau 2,269 2,269 117 117 Finances and funding 12,075 12,075 894 894 Social services wing 4,986 4,986 560 560 Media 129 9,289 0 472 Al-Aqsa TV 4,730 4,730 182 182 Al-Fateh magazine 1,856 1,856 120 120 Social media 2,574 2,574 170 170 Internal security 1,380 3,992 125 274 Civilian crisis management 2,612 2,612 149 149 Qassam Brigades (military wing) 7,071 8,177 493 567 Gaza forces, October 2023 1,106 1,106 74 74 Symbols 4,835 4,835 225 225 Violence 1,692 34,621 121 1,773 Attacks on civilians 16,359 16,359 550 550 Rocket attacks on Israel 4,687 4,687 385 385 Guerrilla warfare 1,614 1,614 127 127 Extrajudicial killings of rivals 10,269 10,269 590 590 Criticism 3,643 17,050 119 670 Allegations of antisemitism 13,407 13,407 551 551 Electoral performance 28 486 0 21 Legislative Council 458 458 21 21 Public opinion 5,708 5,708 438 438 Foreign relations 9,649 37,149 787 2,379 Terrorist designation 11,365 11,365 382 382 Israeli policy towards Hamas 2,723 2,723 161 161 Qatar and Turkey 9,892 9,892 784 784 United States 3,520 3,520 265 265 See also 206 206 0 0 Notes 26 26 0 0 References 33 18,883 0 0 Sources 16 18,850 0 0 Books 15,106 15,106 0 0 Journal articles 1,627 1,627 0 0 Other 2,101 2,101 0 0 Further reading 320 320 0 0 External links 3,521 3,521 0 0 Total 299,856 299,856 15,537 15,537

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Description of suggested change: This article doesn't mention anything concerning LGBTQ rights in Palestine, which Hamas is at the center of. It's important to educate the general public about this, since there seems to be a lot of misconceptions on this topic. For instance, this article, or this article talking Hamas repression concerning LGBTQ rights, which for some reason is not at all mentioned in this page. Floyam (talk) 12:13, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 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. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 12:46, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Floyam, if you would like us to add text about Hamas repression of LGBTQ rights, please write that text with the help of your sources, so we can see if we can add it. Friendly, Lova Falk (talk) 17:55, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The section related to the hostage-taking on October 7th, 2023 needs to be expanded. The taking of the hostages is described but the article does not mention the fact that some hostages were held for two years after their initial kidnap. There is also no mention of the fact that a harsh Israeli response was certain to occur after October 7th but Hamas seemed indifferent to the suffering of the civilian population of Gaza after what they (Hamas) had done.

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Description of suggested change: Expansion of comments on October 7th hostage-taking.

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Fiskendo (talk) 10:50, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 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. LizardJr8 (talk) 11:14, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done Hi Fiskendo, I do understand what you mean, and I have added the 251 abducted people to the text. Thank you for telling us! However, about Hamas seeming indifferent to the suffering of the civilian population of Gaza after what they (Hamas) had done, you'll need to find a good source that confirms this, otherwise we cannot add it to the article. Friendly, Lova Falk (talk) 15:30, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

First Palestinian ICC filing against Hamas alleges war crimes, seeks arrests https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-896327 ~2026-30047-87 (talk) 12:24, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]