(USA Today) Matthew Gutman - Of 40 wanted Islamic Jihad militants who lived in the Tulkarem refugee camp five years ago, only three have survived. Islamic Jihad was founded in 1981 with the goal of destroying the State of Israel. The U.S. State Department considers it a terrorist group. Islamic Jihad has 100-300 fighters in the West Bank and several hundred in Gaza, says Israeli Brig.-Gen. Yair Golan. "Iran gives Islamic Jihad moral support and aid in all forms because that is the duty for people who hate America and the Jews," says Mifleh Uthman, an Islamic Jihad activist. Uthman believes there is no political solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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