[martin8412]

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_century/hamas.asp

The Hamas founding charter calls for the eradication of Israel and the extermination of the Jewish race, worldwide.

[defrost]

That's an english translation of the charter position in 1988. Sure.

A disputed translation.

What were the concessions in the 2006 election that Hamas made to form a unity government with Mahmoud Abbas (ie. the declaration by Hamas prior to the election that saw them gain a majority number of seats)?

As I said above, this issue is fraught with problematic framings.

[aguaviva]

Except it doesn't.

People like to say it does, but this stance is largely based on a single line (up at the very top) which is frequently mistranslated, as in the version you are unfortunately citing.

In particular it mistranslates a key verb as "obliterate". When you yourself can verify, right now, that that verb pretty much only translates as "nullify" or "abolish". It is also clear that this refers to the State of Israel, not the Jewish people.

This far more correct interpretation being much more consistent with Hamas's ideology, which holds that Zionism simply lacks legitimacy, and will eventually be seen as irrelevant.

There's also that line about the Gharqad tree. Say what you want about it, but it unambiguously refers to Islamic eschatology, and Islamic scholars at least say it should be interpreted allegorically (as in a conflict will come between right and wrong, those who defend the truth and those who oppose it and all that).

In any case it doesn't refer to the State of Israel, or present a literal call for extermination.