Efforts to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations 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 become more violent. Certainly an orientation to HAMAS and its base must be ...
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Efforts to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations 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 become more violent. Certainly an orientation to HAMAS and its base must be factored into new and more practical and effective approaches to peacemaking in the region. At the same time, HAMAS offers a fascinating glimpse of the dynamics of strategic reactions and the modification of Israeli impulses towards aggressive deterrence, as well as the evolution in the Islamist movements' planning and operations. 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.
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2008, Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
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Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
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2008
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Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. xv, [1], 91, [1] p. References. Endnotes. From an on-line posting: "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 are discussed. The example of HAMAS challenges much of the current wisdom on insurgencies and their containment. Efforts have been made to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations. Dr. Zuhur's research includes Islamic movements, war and peace in the Middle East, AND Islamic political philosophy. Dr. Zuhur has published on the emergence of Islamist terrorist movements, the insurgency and intersectarian conflict in Iraq, Shi'a influence in the Middle East, Iran, Islamic warfare and jihad, the security situation in a changing Saudi Arabia, democratization, security and nationalism in the Middle East. She is a published author. Dr. Zuhur holds a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History, all UCLA."
