The Palestinian Taybeh brewery is poised to start test-marketing non-alcoholic Hamas beer, following the party's election victory.

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The new beer will feature an Arabic-only label in Hamas' trademark green color, brewery owner Nadim Khoury said.

Only a few hundred bottles of Hamas beer will be produced to test its popularity, but Khoury said non-alcoholic beer is extremely popular in several Arabic countries.

Until now, Taybeh has sold only alcoholic beer available in locations that sell beer to non-Muslims in the West Bank, as well as in Britain, Germany and Israel, al-Bawaba reported. Sales average 1.2 million pints a year.

"Every time we sell a bottle of beer, it goes toward building the state of Palestine," Khoury said.