Table of Contents

Preface Preface to the 2006 Edition 1. Social Roots and Institutional Development 2. Dogmas and Dilemmas 3. Controlled Violence 4. Coexistence Within Conflict 5. Calculated Participation 6. Patterns of Adjustment: Opportunities and Constraints Appendix 1: Hamas's Internal Structure Appendix 2: The Charter of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Notes Bibliography Index

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Two Israeli experts show that, contrary to its image, Hamas is essentially a social and political movement, providing extensive community services and responding to political realities through bargaining and power brokering.

About the Author

Shaul Mishal is professor in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and director of the Institute for Israeli Arab Studies. Avraham Sela is professor of Middle Eastern studies in the Department of International Relations and research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Reviews

"Two Israeli scholars weigh in with a provocative argument that runs counter to much of the false received wisdom on the subject... A convincing intervention in the public debate regarding Hamas& mdash;a debate that is mainly dominated by the group's demonization." -- Rashid Khalidi, author of Palestinian Identity "This work makes a significant and long overdue contribution to scholarship on Hamas and Islamist groups... Mishal and Sela have made here an excellent contribution to the field with a thoughtful, analytical, and well-documented case study which goes far in revealing a realist, 'de-demonized' Hamas." -- Middle East Journal "This book does much to contextualize this controversial political movement." -- Interaction "A necessary read." -- Sanford R. Silverburg, Digest of Middle East Studies