The Palestinian Authority is our oppressor, But our conflict is still with Israel.

—Abdel Khaleq al-Natsche, Hamas spokesman

COMPROMISE is not a word which is liked by Hamas. In the founding act of the organization whose complete name is Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah (Islamic Resistance Movement—Hamas) it is clearly written that the objective of the organization is to "unfurl the standard of Allah in every inch of Palestinia