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Hamas is a militant group. Palestine, for good or ill, is governed by the PLO. Hamas is not governed.Perhaps in theory, but not in fact. Hamas governs the Palestinians that live in the Gaza Strip, and has for the last decade and a half:
en.wikipedia.org - Governance of the Gaza Stripen.wikipedia.org - Hamas government of OctoberFatah controls the Palestinian National Authority, which
claims to have jurisdiction over Gaza - and lip service is paid to the idea that there is one Palestinian government, in hopes that the Fatah-Hamas conflict can be resolved. But the
de facto governing body is Hamas.