Screen LibraryThe Palestinian Hamas : vision, violence, and coexistence /
Since it emerged as a challenger to the PLO during the Palestinian Intifada, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. Now two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, provid...
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2000] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Since it emerged as a challenger to the PLO during the Palestinian Intifada, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) has been associated in the public mind with terror and violence. Now two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding constantly to political realities through bargaining and power brokering. The authors lift the veil on Hamass strategic decision-making methods at each of the crucial crossroads it has confronted: the Intifada and the struggle with the PLO, the Oslo accords and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, and the dilemmas surrounding the choice between absolute Jihad against Israel versus the option of controlled violence. |
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xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Full text also available on the Internet to registered users. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index. |
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9780231116756 0231116756 9780231116749 0231116748 |
| Index Number: | DS119 |
| CLC: | D815.4 |
| Call Number: | D815.4/M678 |
| Contents: | Social roots and institutional development -- Dogmas and dilemas -- Controlled violence -- Coexistence withinconflict -- Calculated participation -- Patterns of adjustment: opportunities and constraints -- Appendix 1: Hama's internatl structure -- Appendix 2: The character of the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas). |