TY - GEN T1 - Hamas contained : the rise and pacification of Palestinian resistance T2 - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures. A1 - Baconi, Tareq LA - English PP - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press YR - 2018 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1010668639 AB - "Judicious and impartial, this important work adds nuance to the portrait of one of the Middle East's most divisive players" (Publishers Weekly). Hamas is a multifaceted liberation organization that rules Gaza and the lives of the two million Palestinians who live there. Demonized as a terrorist group in media and policy debates, it has been subjected to accusations and assumptions that have helped justify extreme military action in the region. In Hamas Contained, Tareq Baconi offers the first history of the group on its own terms. Drawing on interviews with organization leaders, as well as publications from the group, Baconi maps Hamas's thirty-year transition from fringe resistance to governance. Questioning the conventional understanding of Hamas, he shows how the movement's ideology ultimately threatens the Palestinian struggle and, inadvertently, its own legitimacy. Baconi demonstrates how Hamas's armed struggle has failed in the face of a relentless occupation, and he argues that Israel's approach of managing rather than resolving the conflict has neutralized Hamas's demand for Palestinian sovereignty. This dynamic has perpetuated a deadlock characterized by its brutality-and one that has led to the collective punishment of millions of Palestinian civilians. OP - 336 CN - DS119.7 .B173 2018 SN - 9781503605817 SN - 1503605817 SN - 9780804797412 KW - Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah : History. KW - Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah KW - Palestinian Arabs : Politics and government. KW - Palestine : Politics and government : 1948- KW - Gaza Strip : Politics and government. KW - Arab-Israeli conflict. KW - Palestine question (1948-) KW - Palestiniens : Politique et gouvernement. KW - Conflit israélo-arabe. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : Elections. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Process : General. KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - Palestinian Arabs : Politics and government KW - Politics and government KW - Gaza Strip KW - Middle East : Palestine KW - Since 1948 KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -