Killing with kindness: Funding the demise of a Palestinian state

Article Abstract:

The widening gulf that has emerged between the international community's professed diplomatic endgame to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following a two-state paradigm, its aid strategy and the developments on the ground in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is described. Despite the widespread current optimism generated by Gaza disengagement, this does not go well for the emergence of a viable Palestinian state or the individual and collective security of the Israeli and Palestinian people.

Israel, West Bank

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Power or justice? Rule and law in the Palestinian authority

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The article evaluates the Palestinian authority's performance in creating democratic and legal institutions from its inception in the summer of 1994 till the outbreak of the armed conflict between Israel and Palestinians in September 2000. Findings show that the quest for power led to centralization of authority in the executive, despite valiant attempts by politicians and civil society to avert such an outcome.

International aspects, Racial violence

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The Hamas victory: Shifting sands or major earthquake?

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The background to the Palestinian elections is discussed and the fact that they are the first democratic elections since 1996 is highlighted. The reasons for Hamas's participation and the problems it faced are described and it is revealed that the Fatah's days are over due to widespread corruption.

Elections, Political campaigns, Electioneering, Palestine (Historical region), Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)

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