The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) released its new political declaration on Monday, announcing cutting any administrative or organisational relationship with the Egypt-based and now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Although the administrative separation from the Brotherhood was announced, Meshaal affirmed the “ideological relationship” between the Brotherhood and Hamas. And before being called Hamas, the movement was known as the Palestinian wing of the Brotherhood,” Meshaal asserted. While Egyptian newspapers and analysts claim Hamas’ new charter tries to reach out to Egypt and Arab Gulf states that consider the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Palestinian political analyst Taha Al-Khateeb believes that the document expresses the real political stance of Hamas and the brotherhood and does not mean Hamas is reaching out to Egypt. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1987 during the First Intifada.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 02, 2017 15:00 UTC