Chilling Interview with Hamas Founder Reveals Movement's Recruitment Methods (1997)

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On 3 November 1997, ITN's Julian Manyon interviewed Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of Palestinian Islamic resistance organisation Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya, or HAMAS. Ten years after establishing Hamas and just weeks after being released from an Israeli prison, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin spoke to Julian Manyon about Hamas' use of suicide attacks, in particular bombings, and the movement's methods of enlisting young Palestinian men to carry them out. Yassin told Manyon that none of those who took part in such operations were forced to do so, insisting they were motivated by their faith and commitment to the cause of Palestinian resistance.

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