The Palestinian Hamas
Subtitle: vision, violence, and coexistence
By: Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela
Contributors: Sela, Avraham
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah; Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
Description: "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 Hamas's 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index