The Fatah-Hamas Rift: An Analysis of Failed Negotiations - Softcover

Hitman, Gadi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438487045 ISBN 13: 9781438487045

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2022

Synopsis

Analyzes the relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas since 2007, a period of time that has been marked by the parties' continual failure to end political disagreements and formulate a common national vision.

How did two national movements-which both share the same national ethos based on territorial and human elements and the same history-fail to reach an agreement that would unite their forces to realize their aspirations? Both sides recall the Nakba (catastrophe), the term for the defeat in the 1948 war and the subsequent Palestinian exodus. They also both emphasize issues such as the victimization of refugees, widows, and orphans; the sanctity of Jerusalem and Palestine; the contributions of shuhadaa (martyrs) to the national struggle still in progress; and the suffering of the prisoners in Israeli jails. Despite this joint confrontation with the same opponent-Israel-Fatah leaders (the organization whose people are the foundation of the Palestinian Authority) and Hamas have failed to find a path to reconciliation. Examining the Palestinian internal question from an original angle, The Fatah-Hamas Rift analyzes the many rounds of negotiations and seeks to explain this failure, with a focus on the decade after 2007.

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About the Author

Gadi Hitman is Chair of the Middle East and Political Science Department at Ariel University. He is the author of several books, including The Fatah-Hamas Rift: An Analysis of Failed Negotiations, also by SUNY Press, and Saudi Arabia: A SWOT Analysis of a Family-Wahhabi Nationalism Case Study.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438487045
• ISBN 13: 9781438487045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222