Hamas vs. Fatah - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hamas vs. Fatah write by Jonathan Schanzer. This book was released on 2008-11-11. Hamas vs. Fatah available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts: Israel and Palestine. Now, this careful exploration of Middle East history over the last two decades reveals that the Palestinians have long been a house divided. What began as a political rivalry between Fatah's Yasir Arafat and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during the first intifada of 1987 evolved into a full-blown battle on the streets of Gaza between the forces of Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, and Ismael Haniyeh, one of Yassin's early protégés. Today, the battle continues between these two diametrically opposing forces over the role of Palestinian nationalism and Islamism in the West Bank and Gaza. In this thought-provoking book, Jonathan Schanzer questions the notion of Palestinian political unity, explaining how internal rivalries and violence have ultimately stymied American efforts to promote Middle East peace, and even the Palestinian quest for a homeland.
When Victory Is Not an Option
When Victory Is Not an Option - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When Victory Is Not an Option write by Nathan J. Brown. This book was released on 2012-03-15. When Victory Is Not an Option available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout the Arab world, Islamist political movements are joining the electoral process. This change alarms some observers and excites other. In recent years, electoral opportunities have opened, and Islamist movements have seized them. But those opportunities, while real, have also been sharply circumscribed. Elections may be freer, but they are not fair. The opposition can run but it generally cannot win. Semiauthoritarian conditions prevail in much of the Arab world, even in the wake of the Arab Spring. How do Islamist movements change when they plunge into freer but unfair elections? How do their organizations (such as the Muslim Brotherhood) and structures evolve? What happens to their core ideological principles? And how might their increased involvement affect the political system? In When Victory Is Not an Option, Nathan J. Brown addresses these questions by focusing on Islamist movements in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Palestine. He shows that uncertain benefits lead to uncertain changes. Islamists do adapt their organizations and their ideologies do bend—some. But leaders almost always preserve a line of retreat in case the political opening fizzles or fails to deliver what they wish. The result is a cat-and-mouse game between dominant regimes and wily movements. There are possibilities for more significant changes, but to date they remain only possibilities.
The Fatah-Hamas Rift
The Fatah-Hamas Rift - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fatah-Hamas Rift write by Gadi Hitman. This book was released on 2022-01-01. The Fatah-Hamas Rift available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How did two national movements—which both share the same national ethos based on territorial and human elements and the same history—fail to reach an agreement that would unite their forces to realize their aspirations? Both sides recall the Nakba (catastrophe), the term for the defeat in the 1948 war and the subsequent Palestinian exodus. They also both emphasize issues such as the victimization of refugees, widows, and orphans; the sanctity of Jerusalem and Palestine; the contributions of shuhadaa (martyrs) to the national struggle still in progress; and the suffering of the prisoners in Israeli jails. Despite this joint confrontation with the same opponent—Israel—Fatah leaders (the organization whose people are the foundation of the Palestinian Authority) and Hamas have failed to find a path to reconciliation. Examining the Palestinian internal question from an original angle, The Fatah-Hamas Rift analyzes the many rounds of negotiations and seeks to explain this failure, with a focus on the decade after 2007.
Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent
Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent write by Omar Shakir. This book was released on 2018. Two Authorities, One Way, Zero Dissent available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This report evaluates patterns of arrest and detention conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 25 years after the Oslo Accords granted Palestinians a degree of self-rule over these areas and more than a decade after Hamas seized effective control over the Gaza Strip. Human Rights Watch detailed more than two dozen cases of people detained for no clear reason beyond writing a critical article or Facebook post or belonging to the wrong student group or political movement."--Publisher website.
From Cast Lead to Protective Edge
From Cast Lead to Protective Edge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Cast Lead to Protective Edge write by Raphael S. Cohen. This book was released on 2021-10-31. From Cast Lead to Protective Edge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This report describes how the Israel Defense Force fought an adaptive hybrid adversary in a dense urban setting under intense public scrutiny during its wars in Gaza and draws lessons from the Israeli experience for the U.S. Army and the joint force.
