Hamas : politics, charity, and terrorism in the service of jihad /

How does a group that operates terror cells and espouses violence become a ruling political party? Can a single organization be committed to political activism and charitable good works while simultaneously dispatching suicide bombers to attack civilian targets? How is the world to understand and re...

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Main Author: Levitt, Matthew, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Author: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the Hamas dawa
  • Terror and the Hamas political leadership
  • Economic jihad : how Hamas finances terror
  • The logistics of terror : tactical uses of the dawa
  • Teaching terror : how the dawa radicalizes Palestinian society
  • Foreign funding of Hamas
  • State support for Hamas
  • Will Hamas target the West?
  • Displacing the Hamas dawa.