Created on Thursday, 25 July 2013 11:01

Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, is now 20 years old. Hamas is regarded by the EU and US as a "terrorist organization", but they won internationally recognized elections to rule the West Bank and Gaza Strip in January 2006.

The newly elected government was not recognized by many countries in the world, and a financial and trade embargo by Israel and the international community followed. (Aired: February 10, 2008 on Channel 4)