leaflett issued on december the 14th, calling for resistance is considered their first public intervention, though the name hamas itself was not used until early 1988. like its key ally in the palestinian resistance, the islamic jihad movement in palestine, usually called palestinian islamic jihad or pij, in the west, hamas was formed. from the muslim brotherhood, though the brotherhood was politically at the time, both hamas and islamic jihad became more radical, seeking to challenge the dominance of fatah, the secular nationalist group, then head monic amongst the palestinians. this task became all the more central ones fata accepted existence of the state of israel and renounced arm struggle. looking back, it is clear that the first interfada was a fork in the road between those who believed compromise could lead to progress and those who maintained only. distance could win. hamas was formed one month after a pl led declaration advocating coexistence with the zinanis entity early 1988. after oslo and then the gaza withdrawal in 2005, hamas entered and won the elections in gaza, became t