Abstract
"There is a great deal of misunderstanding throughout the globe about what the term "jihad" signifies. It derives from the Arabic word "juhad," which literally translates as "strive." I am capable of being a teacher, a builder, or a warrior, and I am capable of doing all three at once. Everyone is a participant in the jihad, whether if they are unaware of it or believe they are not." There are many individuals who believe that one of Israel's greatest threats is a man who has been paralysed below the neck and is unable to move at all. It was Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder and religious leader of Hamas, who was responsible for the most significant shift in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a political to a resistancebased one in recent history. Ahmad Yassin worked as a teacher and preacher for many years, specialising in Arabic and Islamic studies. His other activities included social activism, but he is most recognised as the founder and spiritual head of the Palestinian organisation Hamas, which he assisted in founding and running for many years. "Shaykh" is a title given to someone who has done extensive preaching and has learnt a great deal about Islam. Later, Yasin came to believe in the teachings of the Muslim Brotherhood and became a member. Because of this, he became a vocal proponent of the rebirth of Islam as a comprehensive way of life. No one has ever claimed that Yassin committed a homicide or detonated a bomb on his own initiative. However, his organisation, Hamas, has emerged as the primary source of Palestinian resistance to Israeli military and civilian physical force in the Gaza Strip