Palestinian Mujahideen Movement

Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية Harakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa
Secretary-GeneralAsaad Abu Sharia
FounderOmar Abu Sharia (d. 2007)
Founded2001
Split fromFatah Fatah in 2001 or 2006
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionSunni Islam
Website
km-pal.ps/ar
Mujahideen Brigades
كتائب المجاهدين
Kataeb al-Mujahideen
LeaderAsaad Abu Sharia
Dates of operation2001[citation needed] to present
Split from Fatah
CountryState of Palestine Occupied Palestinian Territory
Active regions
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Notable attacksKidnapping of the Bibas family
StatusActive
Part ofPalestinian Joint Operations Room
Allies Hamas
Opponents Israel Defense Forces
Shin Bet
Designated as a terrorist group by Israel

The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanizedHarakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa) is a Palestinian Islamic insurgent group that split from the Fatah Movement alongside its military wing, the Mujahideen Brigades, which originated from the Martyr Jamal Al-Amari Brigade of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The movement was founded in 2001 and led by founder Omar Abu Sharia, at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.[1]

  1. ^ عودة, سامح. ليست القسام وحدها.. تعرف على أبرز الفصائل المقاوِمة في فلسطين [Qassam is not alone.. Get to know the most prominent resistance factions in Palestine]. Al Jazeera Net (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 July 2024.