Islam and salvation in Palestine : the Islamic Jihad movement / Meir Hatina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatina, Meir.

Series:

Dayan Center papers ; 127.

Dayan Center papers ; 127

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥarakat al-Jihād al-Islāmī fī Filasṭīn.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Islam and politics--Palestine.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tel Aviv : The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African studies, Tel Aviv University, [2001]

Summary:

Hatina (Middle Eastern history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) traces the history of the Palestinian Jihad movement from its origins in 1981, in Gaza up to 1999. Particular attention is paid to the movement's relationship to Hamas, its role in and response to the Oslo Accords, its relation to Iran and Hizballah, and its ideology, symbolism, and calendar. The Islamic Jihad's internal charter is reproduced in an appendix. Distributed in the US by Syracuse University Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: The Rise of Palestinian Radical Islam 17

Chapter 1 The Islamic Jihad

Historic Milestones 23

Chapter 2 Ideological Outlook 47

Chapter 3 Between the PLO and the Brothers/Hamas 63

Chapter 4 The Oslo Accords

Ideology and Political Reality 85

Chapter 5 Relations with Iran and Hizballah 107

Chapter 6 World of Images and Symbols 117

Appendix The Islamic Jihad's Internal Charter 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 169-174) and index.

ISBN:

9652240486

OCLC:

48140580