Crescent and Sword: The Hamas enigma

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The historical ascendancy of Hamas from a fringe Gaza-based group to become a mainstream Islamic movement and the representative of dispossessed Palestinians has resulted in the killings of prominent Hamas leaders since 2001. However, Hamas presents a challenge to the secular nationalism of the PLO but there is no evidence that political support is a condition for the financial assistance given by Hamas to poor Palestinians.

Analysis, Palestinian Arabs, Israel-Arab conflicts, Arab-Israeli conflicts, Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)

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War, peace and land seizure in Palestine's border area

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The dynamics of the Judaisation of Palestinian land because of circumstances of war, peace and conjunct agreements are discussed. The cases of land expropriation are examined in the early years of the state and specifically after termination of military hostilities, focusing on the case studies in the northern demilitarized area, the Latrun area and in East Jerusalem.

Arab-Israeli border conflicts

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Colective Palestinian frustation and sucide bombings

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The explanation of Palestinian suicide bombings is due to the contribution of the Islamic militancy, poverty, youth and personality patterns. Data is acquired from a simple random sample of 342 Palestinian refugees living in Southern Lebanon.

Palestinian Territories, Palestine (Historical region), Islamic militants, Suicide bombings

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