Editing Hamas (section)

==== 1988–1992 (first charter) ====
In its [[#History|early days]], Hamas functioned as a [[Religion|social-religious]] [[Charitable organization|charity center]]. Its members armed themselves for [[Palestinian nationalism#PLO until the First Intifada (1964–1988)|the ongoing resistance against the]] [[Six-Day War|Israeli occupation]] of the [[Palestinian territories]], and in August 1988 published their [[1988 Hamas charter|first charter]] in which Hamas stated that "Israel" should be "eliminated" through a "clash with the enemies", a "struggle against Zionism" and "conflict with Israel".<ref name="Charter">{{cite web |url=https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/880818.htm |title=The Charter of the HAMAS (1988) (full text, translated at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem) |website=Intelligence Resource Project |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=15 November 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115072059/https://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/880818.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|loc=preamble, art. 14, 15, 32}} They wrote that 'Palestine', that is [[Mandatory Palestine|all of the territory that belonged to the British Mandate for Palestine]] (that is, from the [[Jordan River]] to the [[Mediterranean Sea]]),{{sfn|O'Malley|2015|p=118}} should be "liberated" from "[[Zionism]]"<ref name="Charter"/>{{rp|loc=art. 14}} and transformed into an [[Islam]]ic {{transliteration|ar|[[Waqf]]}} (Islamic charitable [[Financial endowment|endowment]]) in which "followers of all religions can coexist in security and safety".<ref name="Yale"/>{{rp|loc=art. 6, 11}}{{sfn|Dalacoura|2012|p=67}} Practically speaking, Hamas is and was at war with Israel's army (later also attacking Israeli civilians) [[#First Intifada|since the spring of 1989]], initially as part of the [[First Intifada]], a general protest movement that gradually turned more [[riot]]ous and violent.