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Hamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures) - Hardcover

Book 30 of 51: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

Baconi, Tareq

 
9780804797412: Hamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0804797412 ISBN 13: 9780804797412
Publisher: Stanford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Hamas has ruled Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there since 2006. Hamas Contained, first published in 2018, offers a history of the group, drawing on interviews with organization leaders and their publications. Tareq Baconi maps Hamas's thirty-year transition from fringe military resistance towards governance, culminating in Israeli efforts to contain the movement to the Gaza Strip. Baconi argues that under Israel's approach of managing rather than resolving the conflict, Hamas's demand for Palestinian sovereignty has effectively been marginalized in favor of military action against Hamas, and by implication, all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This dynamic―a violent equilibrium between Hamas and Israel and the movement's containment in the Gaza Strip―lasted for sixteen years, until it was decidedly shattered by Hamas's offensive on October 7, 2023.

Now with new material that provides an analytical framework and reflection on Hamas's offensive of October 7, 2023, and Israel's ensuing war on Gaza, Hamas Contained is an even more essential guide to understanding Hamas and the brutal violence of Israel's war on Palestinians.

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About the Author

Tareq Baconi is a former Senior Analyst for Israel/Palestine and Economics of Conflict at the International Crisis Group, based in Ramallah. He serves as the president of the board of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network and the book review editor for the Journal of Palestine Studies. His writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, New York Times, and Washington Post, among others.

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Publisher
Stanford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0804797412
ISBN 13 
9780804797412
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368