Hamas : a history from within / Azzam Tamimi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tamimi, Azzam

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah--History.

Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.

Islam and politics.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 372 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2007.

Summary:

Hamas won an overwhelming electoral victory in January 2006, overturning many assumptions regionally and globally. Branded as terrorist by Israel and the West, it is the largest Palestinian militant Islamist organization, formed at the beginning of the first intifada. Its short-term objective is to drive Israeli forces from the West Bank and Gaza. It also has the long-term aim of establishing an Islamic state throughout historic Palestine. A grass-roots organization that commands wide respect among Palestinians for its incorruptibility, Hamas is divided into two main sections: one is responsible for establishing schools, hospitals and religious institutions; the other for military action and terror attacks carried out by its armed underground wing the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades. This book charts the origins of Hamas among the Muslim Brotherhood, details the influence of its exiled leadership in Syria and elsewhere, and sets out its internal structure and political objectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-357) and index.

ISBN:

9781566566896

1566566894

OCLC:

84903665