Hamas and Israel : conflicting strategies of group-based politics / Sherifa Zuhur.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Zuhur, Sherifa

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Strategic Studies Institute publication

Strategic Studies Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government--1993-.

Palestinian Arabs.

National security--Israel.

National security.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online rsource (xv, 91 pages))

Contained In:

Gale Academic OneFile Gale

Other Title:

Conflicting strategies of group-based politics

Place of Publication:

[Carlisle, Pa.] : [U.S. Army War College], Strategic Studies Institute, [2008]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

"This monograph considers the changing fortunes of the Palestinian movement, HAMAS, and the recent outcomes of Israeli strategies aimed against this group and Palestinian nationalism external to the Fatah faction of the Palestinian Authority. The example of HAMAS challenges much of the current wisdom on "insurgencies" and their containment. As the author, Dr. Sherifa Zuhur, demonstrates, efforts have been made to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations. These have not been effective in destroying the organization, nor in eradicating the will to resist among a fairly large segment of the Palestinian population. It is important to consider this Islamist movement in the context of a region-wide phenomenon of similar movements with local goals, which can be persuaded to relinquish violence, or which could move in the opposite direction, becoming more violent. Certainly an orientation to HAMAS and its base must be factored into new and more practical and effective approaches to peacemaking. At the same time, HAMAS offers a fascinating instance of the dynamics of strategic reactions, and the modification of Israeli impulses towards aggressive deterrence, as well as evolution in the Islamist movements' planning and operations. As well, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict bears similarities to a long-standing civil conflict, even as it has sparked inter-Palestinian hostilities in its most recent phase. The need for informed and critical discussion of the future of Islamism in the region continues today. We offer this monograph to those who wish to consider this particular aspect of the Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict"--Foreword

Contents:

Introduction

Current Context

HAMAS Roots in Short

Summary of Recommendations

Background

Postponement of Militant Islamism?

Islamic Jihad

HAMAS' Growth

Points of Doctrine

Relations with the PLO-Fatah and the Peace Processes

Oslo

Revolutionary Resistance vs. Overwhelming Force (Means)

Ends

Recognition

Two States

Mistakes

HAMAS and Arab Political Currents

HAMAS' Troubles with Jordan

HAMAS in Syria

HAMAS and Saudi Arabia

Practicing Religion

Political and Military Structure

Zakat and Community

Hostages

HAMAS' Threat Value

HAMAS, the West, and the United States

Recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-91).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Zuhur, Sherifa. Hamas and Israel

Online version: Zuhur, Sherifa. Hamas and Israel.

ISBN:

158487371X

9781584873716

OCLC:

291092577

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