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	Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ, Arabic الجهاد الإسلامي الفلسطيني - Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi al-Filastīni) is a militant group, regarded as terrorist by Israel, the United States and the European Union, whose goal is the liberation of historical Palestine, destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with an Islamist state for Palestinians.
		The Palestinian Islamic Jihad was formed in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s by Fathi Shaqaqi as a branch of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
		Islamic Jihad is alleged to have used women and teens as suicide bombers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad (601 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Islamic Jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Islamic Jihad said that they were responsible for an attack on Friday night on a Jewish...
		For instance, the Hezbullah in Lebanon, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Palestine, the Hezbul Mujahideen, the Lashkar-i-Taiba, the Jaish-i-Moha...
		Their presence in the shape of the Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah reflects the fact that although the "routes are diffe...
	why-war.com /encyclopedia/organizations/Islamic_Jihad (538 words)

	Encyclopedia: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ, Arabic Ø§ÙØ¬ÙØ§Ø¯ Ø§ÙØ¥Ø³ÙØ§ÙÙ Ø§ÙÙÙØ³Ø·ÙÙÙ - Harakat al-JihÄd al-IslÄmi al-FilastÄ«ni) is a militant group, regarded as terrorist by Israel, the United States and European Union, whose goal is the liberation of historical Palestine, destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with an Islamist state for Palestinians.
		Jihad (Ç§ihÄd Ø¬Ù‡Ø§Ø¯) is an Islamic term, from the Arabic root Ç§hd (to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle), which connotes a wide range of meanings: anything from an inward spiritual struggle to attain perfect faith to a political or military struggle to further the Islamic cause.
		Mahmoud Tawallbe was the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Jenin, one of the main stronghold of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Palestinian-Islamic-Jihad (2104 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Under this name several radical Palestinian Islamic factions were active from 1979 on in the Territories, mainly under the influence of the Iranian Islamic revolution and the growing Islamic militancy in the region.
		As a result, the Palestinian Islamic radicals were expelled from Egypt and returned to the Gaza Strip, where they formally began their activity as an Islamic Jihad organization.
		It was the first Palestinian Islamic group that staged a terrorist attack prior to the Intifada, by throwing hand grenades on Israeli soldiers and their families during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on October 15, 1986.
	www.jdunman.com /u/Gov/TerroristGroups/Palestinian%20Islamic%20Jihad.htm (1808 words)

	palestinian islamic jihad information
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ, Arabic Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini) is a militant group, widely regarded as terrorist throughout the world, whose goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with an Islamist state for Palestinian Arabs.
		His older brother claimed he was brainwashed to do it by Islamic Jihad cleric and demanded the Palestinian Authority to investigate the incident and arrest those responsible to it.
		In the western world, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is the organization usually meant by the term Islamic Jihad, due to the widespread media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
	www.global-terror.com /palestine/palestinian-islamic-jihad.htm (627 words)

	Learn more about Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Additionally the illegal Israeli settlements, seen by the Palestinians as one of the largest obstacles to peace, were not beginning to be dismantled.
		On June 29, 2003, Hamas and Islamic Jihad agreed to a 3-month "hudna" (temporary ceasefire), conditional on Israel ceasing its assassinations of Palestinian leaders and a mass release of Palestinians in Israeli administrative detention.
		It was met with bitter denunciation by the Israeli government and many Palestinians, with the Palestinian Authority staying non-committal, but it was warmly welcomed by many European governments and some significant elements of the Bush Administration including Secretary of State Colin Powell.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /i/is/israeli_palestinian_conflict.html (2956 words)

	Knowledge King - Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ, Arab Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini) is a militant group, widely regarded as terrorist throughout the world, whose goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Islamist state for Palestinian Arabs.
		This group defines Jihad as acts of war against Jews and others who do not share their beliefs.
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad also opposes many other Arab governments, who they see as not being sufficiently Islamic and too western.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/p/pa/palestinian_islamic_jihad.html (310 words)

	Palestine Islamic Jihad - Background Information
		The Islamic Jihad's ideology blended Palestinian nationalist ideas with themes drawn from three other sources: the ideology of the Muslim Brethren; patterns of activity of the militant Islamist groups in Egypt; and, uniquely among Sunni movements, the teachings of Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shi`i leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran.
		According to the Islamic Jihad, a proper reading of the Quran and an understanding of history would lead to the conclusion that Palestine is the focus of the religio-historical confrontation between the Muslims and their eternal enemies, the Jews.
		While it refused to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a legitimate government and did not participate in the 1996 PA elections, Islamic Jihad did not challenge the PA politically in the same manner as did Hamas.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Terrorism/tau56.html (1052 words)

	Five facts about Palestinian Islamic Jihad
		A Palestinian former professor is on trial in the United States charged with providing financial and other backing for the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.
		Islamic Jihad said it was only avenging Israeli raids that killed or captured comrades.
		Islamic Jihad denies Israeli charges that it has been funded by the Iranian-backed Hizbollah group in Lebanon.
	www.infowars.com /articles/terror/five_facts_about_palestinian_islamic_jihad.htm (328 words)

	Islamic Jihad
		The PIJ, designated by the EU as a terrorist organization, supports radical Islamic ideology, calling for the elimination of Israel as a means to spark an Islamic revolution throughout the Arab world.
		PIJ terrorists have perpetrated murderous terrorist attacks in Israel in the course of the confrontation, including the suicide bombing attack at Maxim restaurant in Haifa (October 4, 2003, 21 killed, 60 wounded).
		The PIJ student movement, similarly to its Hamas counterpart, is engaged in incitement to terrorism and spreading radical Islamic ideas in the West Bank's universities.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/sib/9_04/del.htm (778 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad
		PIJ agents were arrested in Egypt in September 1991 while attempting to enter the country to conduct terrorism.
		PIJ and Hamas (The Islamic Resistance Movement), a separate Palestinian terrorist organization, were regarded as rivals in the Gaza Strip until after the foundation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 1994 when Hamas adopted the strategy suicide terrorist bombings.
		When PIJ leader Shaqaqi was killed in October 1995 in Malta, allegedly by Israeli agents, the PIJ position among Palestinian terrorist organizations dipped because his successor, Ramadan Abdallah Muhammad Shalah, who lived in the United States for several years, lacked Shaqaqi's charisma and intellectual and organizational skills.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Terrorism/PIJ.html (704 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Palestinian Islamic Jihad often attempts to carry out attacks against Israeli targets on the anniversary of his death, although the identity of the (A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed) assassins was never determined.
		Islamic Jihad also uses (Click link for more info and facts about women) women and (The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20) teens as (A terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people) suicide bombers.
		His older brother claimed he was brainwashed to do it by an Islamic Jihad cleric, and demanded the (Click link for more info and facts about Palestinian Authority) Palestinian Authority to investigate the incident and arrest those responsible to it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad.htm (620 words)

	JS-2426: Treasury Designates Charity Funneling Money to Palestinian Islamic Jihad --Action Marks 400th Designation ...
		For example, details of early 2004 financial transfers from PIJ entities outside the Palestinian territories to PIJ members and supporters in the West Bank included a payment of $900 to benefit the family of a deceased PIJ operative, who died conducting a suicide attack.
		PIJ funds for the Elehssan Society primarily came from outside the West Bank and Gaza.
		In 2003, a PIJ leader, also identified as a senior official for Elehssan, reportedly said that PIJ summer camps emphasize, "culture, Islam and fun, with a marginal political dimension." Yet according to another source, the aim of at least one PIJ-run summer camp is reportedly the recruitment of suicide bombers.
	www.treas.gov /press/releases/js2426.htm (895 words)

	News from the Washington File
		Al-Arian was the alleged leader of the PIJ in the United States, and Secretary of the "Shura Council," or worldwide governing group of the PIJ; Sameeh Hammoudeh, 42, born in the West Bank, a resident of Temple Terrace, Fla., an instructor and student at USF, and administrator at the Islamic Academy of Florida.
		Hammoudeh was an alleged member of the PIJ in the Tampa area; Hatim Naji Fariz, 30, born in Puerto Rico, a resident of Spring Hill, Fla., and a manager for a medical clinic.
		Al-Khatib was Treasurer of the PIJ and a member of the Shura Council; and Abd Al Aziz Awda, 52, born in Gabaly, Israel, a resident of the Gaza Strip and Imam of the Al Qassam Mosque in the Gaza Strip.
	globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2003/02/sec-030220-usia03.htm (1104 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Syria snubs US request
		Islamic Jihad and Hamas - the two principal radical Palestinian groups - are on the US list of terrorist organisations.
		The Syrian statement said the Islamic Jihad's Damascus presence was a media relations operation only, and not involved in the Hebron attack.
		It accused Israel of committing "the most ugly crimes against humanity in the occupied territories," declaring that the Palestinian response was legitimate under the UN charter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2492591.stm (383 words)

	Tampabay: Al-Arian raised money for terrorists, feds say
		In February 1994, the PIJ was in severe financial difficulty, according to the indictment.
		Al-Arian and the others "did secretly establish cells or sections of the PIJ in different countries, and in the United States utilized the structure, facilities and academic environment of USF to conceal the activities," according to the indictment.
		According to the indictment, the defendants often talked in a code, substituting "the family" for PIJ, "the youth" and "the brothers" for operatives and "the club" for Hamas.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/02/21/TampaBay/Al_Arian_raised_money.shtml (2201 words)

	CNN.com - Palestinian fighter describes 'hard fight' in Jenin - April 23, 2002
		His comments were some of the first from a Palestinian fighter from the battle at the Jenin refugee camp, which was the scene of Israel's most fierce offensive during Operation Defensive Shield.
		Palestinian officials claim hundreds died in what they are calling a massacre at the camp during Israel's military offensive.
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a militant group dedicated to the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/04/22/jenin.fighter/index.html (797 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad prisoners freed:- - World News - Webindia123.com
		The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said Sunday four of its members held in a Palestinian prison were released and expected more to be freed later.
		Sheikh Nafez Azzam, an Islamic Jihad leader, told United Press International the release was a positive step, although there was no justification for their detention from the beginning.
		The Palestinian authorities arrested nine activists from the Saray al-Quds, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, several months ago following a bomb blast in a Tel Aviv night club that killed five Israelis and injured dozens.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=87771&cat=World (189 words)

	hamas and palestinian islamic jihad
		The recommendation was given on the basis of names selected by the PA security apparatuses and transferred to the reference of a committee for monitoring the "Crisis File" ("the Crisis File": a code name for all the activities regarding the arrest/supervision of opposition activists by the PA apparatuses).
		In the PA perception, this policy was aimed at defusing the ferment in the Palestinian population by appeasing the Islamic opposition.
		It gave the Islamic terrorist organizations a feeling that supervision was eased and gave rise to an acceleration of terrorist attacks, creating a "competition" between the various organizations, such as Fatah (Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades), the Islamic opposition groups (PIJ and Hamas).
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/var/release.htm (1462 words)

	Letter to Dr. Ramadan Shallah, Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Human Rights Watch Press release, )
		Human Rights Watch strongly condemns the attack on a municipal bus in Jerusalem on November 4, claimed by Islamic Jihad, in which two civilians under eighteen years of age were killed, and at least thirty-five others were wounded.
		Islamic Jihad also claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of the Wall Street Café in Haifa on 12 August by Muhammad Mahmud Nasser, in which fifteen people were injured.
		We strongly urge the Islamic Jihad organization to adopt and publicize a policy of full respect for the laws of war, and immediately stop the practice of targeting civilians or of launching indiscriminate attacks that claim civilian lives.
	www.hrw.org /press/2001/11/jihad1107.htm (532 words)

	#099: 02-20-03 MEMBERS OF THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING AND CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE ...
		A written PIJ "manifesto" uncovered during the course of the investigation outlines the goals and command structure of the group.
		The manifesto stated that the PIJ was led by a Secretary General and a Shura Council, a central advisory committee.
		The indictment alleges that the PIJ constitutes a RICO enterprise, which has engaged in multiple acts of murder and extortion in Israel and the Occupied Territories (Gaza Strip and West Bank) as part of a stated terrorist campaign to destroy Israel.
	www.usdoj.gov /opa/pr/2003/February/03_crm_099.htm (1521 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The PIJ originated among militant Palestinian fundamentalists in the Gaza Strip during the 1970s.
		The PIJ is committed to the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel through holy war.
		[PIJ militants have threatened to retaliate against Israel and the United States for the murder of PIJ leader Fathi Shaqaqi in Malta in October 1995.
	www.milnet.com /milnet/tgp/data/pij.htm (225 words)

	Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ, Arabic Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini) is a militant group, widely regarded as terrorist throughout the world, whose goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Islamist state for Palestinian Arabs.
		Islamic Jihad also uses women and children as suicide bombers.
		Some say that the use of terrorism has elevated the visibility of the Palestinians' cause over those of other stateless and oppressed peoples, like the Kurds or the Tibetans.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/palestinian_islamic_jihad (452 words)

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