Palestinian Mujahideen Movement

Palestinian Mujahideen Movement حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية
Founder	Omar Abu Sharia
Leader	Asaad Abu Sharia
Dates of operation	2001 – present
Split from	Fatah
Country	Palestine
Active regions	Gaza Strip and the West Bank with spillover into Israel
Ideology	Palestinian nationalism Islamism Anti-Zionism
Part of	Alliance of Palestinian Forces
Allies	Non-state allies: Hamas
Designated as a terrorist group by	Israel

This article is about the political wing. For the militant wing, see Mujahideen Brigades.

The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanized: Haraka Al-Mujahideen Al-FilisTynya) is a Palestinian Islamic insurgent group that split from the Fatah Movement alongside its military wing, the Mujahideen Brigades, previously represented its forces by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the Martyr Jamal Al-Amari Brigade. The movement was founded in 2001 and led by founder Omar Abu Sharia, at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

History

The movement was established in 2001 as a military faction known as the Mujahideen Battalion, headed by the founder, Omar Abu Sharia, with the beginning of the second intifada. As of 2007, the movement is headed by Asad Abu Sharia, after his brother Omar Abu Sharia was killed during a targeted attack carried out by Israel.

In 2012, a cell of the movement from Hebron and the Gaza Strip planned to kidnap an Israeli citizen, as a bargaining chip for the release of terrorists from the movement imprisoned in Israel.

Over the years, the movement became a member of the Hamas-led government in Gaza and cooperated with it in operations, supplying weapons and training.

Militant divisions

Main article: Mujahideen Brigades

The movement has a faction called the "Daham" unit (Arabic: داهم), which is the "Israeli Arab Martyrs" unit of the movement.

See also

• Mujahideen Brigades
• List of political parties in Palestine