The groups help finance the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, administration officials said.

Some waved the flag of the terrorist organization Hamas.

A new leaflet in the name of the militant Islamic organization Hamas, on the other hand, again praised suicide attacks as the best tactic to confront Israel.

But the suicide bombing by the militant organization Hamas in Israel on Wednesday and the mobilization that followed threatened to overshadow the initiative.

The Hamas Charter (or Covenant), issued in 1988, outlined the position of the Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas on many key issues at the time.

The Palestinian organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombings.

Our close ally, Israel, shares a border with Gaza, a region controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas.

Two men were acquitted Thursday of federal charges that they provided money and other aid to the Palestinian organization Hamas in the early 1990s.

On the West Bank, the tactic of the fundamentalist organization Hamas is to win support among Palestinians by not forcing them into endless strike or school boycott.

Mr. Arafat's troubles have also proved politically advantageous to the Islamic militant organization Hamas, which opposes the peace accord.