palestinian islamic jihad

Palestinian Islamic Jihad
    n 1: a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and
         committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine
         and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more
         exclusively militant that Hamas [syn: {Palestine Islamic
         Jihad}, {Palestinian Islamic Jihad}, {PIJ}, {Harakat al-
         Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini}]