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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (- Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami fi Filastin) is a Palestinian militant organization which is designated as a terrorist group by the United States
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, the European Union
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, the United Kingdom
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, Japan
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, Canada
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, Australia
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 and Israel
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The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (- Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami fi Filastin) is a Palestinian militant organization which is designated as a terrorist group by the United States
United States

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, the European Union
European Union

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, the United Kingdom
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, Japan
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, Canada
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, Australia
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 and Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. Their goal is the destruction of the state of Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state
Islamic State

The term Islamic state refers to states that have adopted Islam, specifically the Sharia, as the ideological foundation for their political institution ....
.

This group defines jihad
Jihad

Jihad , an List of Islamic terms in Arabic, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic language, the word jihad is a noun meaning "struggle." Jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an and common usage as the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of Allah "....
 as acts of war
Casus belli

Casus belli is a Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war. Casus means "incident", "rupture" or indeed "case", while belli means "of war"....
 against Israelis
Israelis

Israelis are citizens of the modern state of Israel regardless of religious heritage or Ethnicity, including most numerously Jews, Muslims, Arab Christians, Arabs, Druze, Circassians, and others....
. Palestinian Islamic Jihad also opposes many other Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
s, whom they see as being insufficiently Islamic and too Western. The PIJ's armed wing, the Al-Quds brigades
The Al-Quds brigades

The al-Quds Brigades is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad . Especially active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the al-Quds Brigades are reportedly receiving orders from the PIJ leadership in Damascus, Syria....
, has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks in Israel, including suicide bombings. Their ability to carry out attacks on Israel has been limited since Israel's construction of the West Bank barrier and the isolation of the Gaza Strip, although they frequently threaten waves of "martyrdom operations." The group is responsible for the Qassam rocket
Qassam rocket

The Qassam rocket is a simple steel rocket filled with explosives, produced by Hamas. Three models have been used. They are all free-flying artillery rockets lacking any guidance system....
 barrages at Israeli towns that have killed and injured civilians, and cause widespread hardship in communities in Israel's south (See: List of Qassam rocket attacks
List of Qassam rocket attacks

This is a list of notable and/or newsworthy Qassam rocket attacks, made from the Gaza strip and targeting Israel. These attacks commenced in April, 2001, though the first rocket to actually hit an Israeli city was on 5 March 2002, and the first Israeli fatality was 28 June 2004....
.. The rockets are primarily launched from Hamas-controlled Gaza.

Islamic Jihad is significantly smaller than Hamas
Hamas

Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
, and lacks the wide social network that Hamas has. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad was formed in the Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the south-west and Israel on the south, east and north....
 during the 1970s by Fathi Shaqaqi
Fathi Shaqaqi

Fathi Shaqaqi, alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi, was the Palestinian who founded and led the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine organisation and the initiator of suicide bombings....
 and Abd Al Aziz Awda
Abd Al Aziz Awda

Abd Al Aziz Awda, also known as Sheik Odeh has Palestinian citizenship and is one of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, deemed by the United States federal government to be a designated international terrorist organization....
 as a branch of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Islamic Jihad

The Egyptian Islamic Jihad , formerly called simply Islamic Jihad originally referred to as "al-Jihad," and then "the Jihad Group", or "the Jihad Organization", is an Egyptian Islamist group active since the late 1970s with origins in the Muslim Brotherhood....
, an organization currently led by Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah
Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah is a Palestinian academia and one of the founders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad . He became the Secretary-General of PIJ when Fathi Shaqaqi was killed in 1995....
. The group is also said to receive some funding from Hezbollah
Hezbollah

Hezbollah is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. It is a significant force in Politics of Lebanon, providing social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites....
. The group has also clashed repeatedly with Hamas
Hamas

Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
 following the latter's takeover of the Gaza strip
Battle of Gaza (2007)

The Battle of Gaza was a military conflict between Hamas and Fatah which took place between June 7 and June 15, 2007 in the Gaza Strip. It resulted in Hamas remaining in control of the Gaza Strip after forcing out Fatah....
 in mid-2007.

Background and history

The group is based in the Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
n capital, Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, and its financial backing is believed to come from there and Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
. The group operates primarily in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 and Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the south-west and Israel on the south, east and north....
, but has also carried out attacks in Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
 and Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
. Its main strongholds in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 are the cities of Hebron
Hebron

Hebron is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south, 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem. It is home to some 166,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Israelis....
 and Jenin
Jenin

Jenin , a city in the West Bank. Jenin serves as the administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate and is a major Palestinian agricultural center....
.

Islamic Jihad has much in common with Hamas
Hamas

Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
. They both have an Islamist agenda, they call for the destruction of Israel, they have cooperated in attacks against Israel, they formed as offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood, and they receive funds from Iran.

Fathi Shaqaqi
Fathi Shaqaqi

Fathi Shaqaqi, alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi, was the Palestinian who founded and led the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine organisation and the initiator of suicide bombings....
 led the organization for two decades until his death in in Malta
Malta

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 in October 1995 by an unknown party. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad often attempts to carry out attacks against Israeli targets on the anniversary of his death, although the identity of the assassins was never determined.

During the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Al-Aqsa Intifada

The Second Intifada, also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada was the second Palestinian people uprising, a period of intensified Israeli?Palestinian conflict violence, which began in late September 2000....
, beginning in September 2000, the PIJ committed many suicide bombing attacks against Israelis. Many of the attacks in 2001 and 2002 came from the PIJ in Jenin
Jenin

Jenin , a city in the West Bank. Jenin serves as the administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate and is a major Palestinian agricultural center....
, headed by Mahmoud Tawallbe
Mahmoud Tawallbe

Mahmoud Tawalbe was the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Jenin, one of the main stronghold of the Iranian-sponsored resistance organization....
, Ali Sefoori and Tabeth Mardawi. The headquarters of the PIJ in Jenin
Jenin

Jenin , a city in the West Bank. Jenin serves as the administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate and is a major Palestinian agricultural center....
 and the West Bank was seriously damaged during Operation Defensive Shield
Operation Defensive Shield

Operation Defensive Shield was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in 2002, during the course of the Second Intifada....
: Tawallbe was killed by an IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer
Bulldozer

----A bulldozer is a Tractor crawler , equipped with a substantial metal plate , used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc, during construction work....
 while Sefoori and Mardawi were arrested by Israel security forces.

On February 20, 2003, University of South Florida
University of South Florida

The University of South Florida , a public institution known within the State University System of Florida as USF Tampa, is a public research university system located in Tampa, Florida, Florida, United States, with an autonomous campus in University of South Florida St....
 computer engineering
Computer engineering

Computer Engineering is a discipline that combines elements of both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Computer engineers are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration....
 professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian
Sami Al-Arian

Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian is a professor of computer engineering and civic activist. The son of Palestinian refugees to the United States, in 2006 he made a plea bargain to plead guilty of conspiracy to help a "specially designated terrorist" organization, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad....
 was arrested after being indicted on 50 terrorism
Terrorism

Terrorism, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is the systematic use of terror, "violent or destructive acts committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." At present, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism....
 related charges. US Attorney General John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft

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 alleged at a press conference that Dr. Al-Arian is the North America
North America

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n head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. On December 6, 2005, Al-Arian was acquitted on 8 of the 17 charges against him and the jury deadlocked on the rest 10-2. Then on March 2, 2006, Al-Arian entered a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to help members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in nonviolent activities, unrelated to the PIJ. Al-Arian was sentenced to 57 months less time (about 38 months) served, and will be deported upon completion of the remainder of the sentence.

Islamic Jihad is alleged to have used teens as suicide bombers
Suicide Bombers

Suicide Bombers is the name of a 2005 EP by Le?ther Strip. For the Australian hardcore punk band see Suicide Bombers ...
. On March 29, 2004, 16-year-old Tamer Khuweir in Rifidia, an Arab suburb of Nablus
Nablus

Nablus is a Palestinian people city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 134,000. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center....
 was apprehended by Israeli security forces as he prepared to carry out a suicide attack. His older brother claimed he was brainwashed to do it by an Islamic Jihad cleric and demanded the Palestinian Authority investigate the incident and arrest those responsible for it.

After Shaqaqi's death, Palestinian Islamic Jihad has been led since 1995 by fellow founder Sheikh Abdullah Ramadan Shallah
Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah is a Palestinian academia and one of the founders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad . He became the Secretary-General of PIJ when Fathi Shaqaqi was killed in 1995....
, aka Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah, who was then listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" under United States
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 law on November 27, 1995, and subsequently was indicted on RICO
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization....
 charges, and consequently became one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

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 on February 24, 2006.

Militant activities

  • Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for many militant activities over the years. The organization is responsible for a number of attacks including more than 30 completed suicide bombings. Most recently a suicide bombing attack on a Tel Aviv
    Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
     felafel stand on April 17, 2006, which left 11 civilians dead, along with dozens injured.


  • Islamic Jihad has also launched deployed its own rocket similar to the Qassam rocket
    Qassam rocket

    The Qassam rocket is a simple steel rocket filled with explosives, produced by Hamas. Three models have been used. They are all free-flying artillery rockets lacking any guidance system....
     used by Hamas
    Hamas

    Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
     called the Al Quds rocket.


  • On June 9, 2007, in a failed assault on an IDF position at the Kissufim crossing between Gaza and Israel in a possible attempt to kidnap IDF soldiers, 4 armed members of the al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of Islamic Jihad - and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - the military wing of Fatah
    Fatah

    Fata? is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the center-left of the spectrum....
     -, used a vehicle marked with "TV" and "PRESS" insignias penetrated the border fence and assaulted a guard tower in what Islamic Jihad and the army said was a failed attempt to capture an Israeli soldier. IDF troops killed one militant, while the others escaped.


The use of a vehicle that resembled a press vehicle evoked a sharp response from many journalists and news organizations.

Middle East director for Human Rights Watch, Sarah Leah Whitsonn responded by saying,
“Using a vehicle with press markings to carry out a military attack is a serious violation of the laws of war, and it also puts journalists at risk.”
The FPA responded by saying,
"Armored vehicles marked with TV are an invaluable protection for genuine journalists working in hostile environments. The FPA has long campaigned for the continued availability of armored vehicles for its members, despite official opposition in some quarters. The abuse of this recognized protection for the working journalist is a grave development and we condemn those that carried it out. Such an incident will reduce the protection offered by marked vehicles."
During a press conference, an Islamic Jihad spokesperson Abu Ahmed denied that they had put press markings on the jeep used in the attack and said,
"The Al-Quds Brigades used an armoured jeep resembling military armoured jeeps used by the Zionist intelligence services."


Notable members

  • Sheikh Abdullah Ramadan Shallah - founder, and current Secretary-General, lives in Damascus
    Damascus

    Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
  • Fathi Shaqaqi
    Fathi Shaqaqi

    Fathi Shaqaqi, alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi, was the Palestinian who founded and led the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine organisation and the initiator of suicide bombings....
     - founder, assassinated
  • Mahmoud Tawalbe - senior leader of Islamic Jihad In Jenin
    Jenin

    Jenin , a city in the West Bank. Jenin serves as the administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate and is a major Palestinian agricultural center....
    , killed during Operation Defensive Shield
    Operation Defensive Shield

    Operation Defensive Shield was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in 2002, during the course of the Second Intifada....
     by an IDF Caterpillar D9
  • Mahmoud Seader - leader in Hebron
    Hebron

    Hebron is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south, 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem. It is home to some 166,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Israelis....
  • Hanadi Jaradat
    Hanadi Jaradat

    Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat , a Palestinian suicide bomber from Jenin, blew herself up on Saturday, October 4, 2003 in an attack on Maxim restaurant restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa....
     - female suicide bomber
    Female suicide bomber

    Though the majority of Suicide attack have been male, female suicide bombers have carried out a number of attacks since 1985....
    , committed Maxim restaurant suicide bombing
    Maxim restaurant suicide bombing

    The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing occurred on October 4, 2003, when Hanadi Jaradat, a 28-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber, detonated an explosive belt she was wearing inside the Arab-Jewish Maxim restaurant in Haifa....
  • Tamer Khuweir - a 15-year-old child suicide bomber
  • Mohammed Dadouh - senior commander in Gaza, assassinated by Israeli missile, May 21, 2006
  • Mahmoud al-Majzoub
    Mahmoud al-Majzoub

    Mahmoud al-Majzoub also known as Abu Hamza was a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was wounded in a car bomb blast in Sidon on May 25, 2006 and died the next day....
     - member of the Shura Council
    Shura Council

    The Shura Council is the upper house of Egyptian bicameralism Parliament of Egypt. Its name roughly translates into English as "the Consultative Council"....
    , killed by car bomb, May 26, 2006.
  • Husam Jaradat
    Hanadi Jaradat

    Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat , a Palestinian suicide bomber from Jenin, blew herself up on Saturday, October 4, 2003 in an attack on Maxim restaurant restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa....
     - senior commander in Jenin
    Jenin

    Jenin , a city in the West Bank. Jenin serves as the administrative centre of the Jenin Governorate and is a major Palestinian agricultural center....
    , cousin of Hanadi Jaradat. Assassinated in the Jenin refugee quarters on August 30, 2006.
  • Ayman al-Fayed
    Ayman al-Fayed

    Ayman al-Fayed was a Palestinian commander of al-Quds Brigades, the armed branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He operated primarily in the Bureij ....
     - senior commander of Gaza Strip
    Gaza Strip

    The Gaza Strip is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Egypt on the south-west and Israel on the south, east and north....
    , assassinated with most of his family in a blast in the Bureij refugee camp
    Bureij (camp)

    Bureij is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central Gaza Strip east of the Salah ad-Din road in the Deir al-Balah Governorate. The camp's total land area is 529 dunams and in 2005, it had a population of 34,951 with 28,770 registered refugees....
     on February 16, 2008.
  • Ziad Abu-Tir - senior member of the military wing was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Khan Younis area on December 29, 2008.
  • Khaled Shalan - Senior commander killed by an Israeli missile strike on his car in Gaza March 4, 2009.


See also

  • List of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attacks
    List of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attacks

    List of suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian Islamic JihadThe criteria used for this list: deliberate attacks committed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide bombers against civilians....
  • Hamas
    Hamas

    Hamas is an Islamic Palestine socio-political organization which includes a paramilitary force, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Since June 2007, Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip portion of the Palestinian Territories....
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    The Israeli?Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between Israelis and the Palestinian people. It forms part of the wider Arab?Israeli conflict....
  • Palestinian political violence
    Palestinian political violence

    Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence committed for political reasons by Palestinians. Palestinian groups that support and carry out politically-motivated violent acts have included Hamas, the Palestinian Liberation Organization ,the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Popular Front f...
  • Policide
    Policide

    Policide is a neologism used in political science to describe the intentional destruction of a city or nation....
  • Female suicide bomber
    Female suicide bomber

    Though the majority of Suicide attack have been male, female suicide bombers have carried out a number of attacks since 1985....
  • Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian militant groups have recruited minors to attack Israeli targets, both military and civilian, especially during the al-Aqsa Intifada....


External links

  • at Human Rights Watch
  • December 5, 2005
  • at the Anti-Defamation League
    Anti-Defamation League

    The Anti-Defamation League is a United States of America based, international non-governmental organization. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all."...