Hamas : Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad / Matthew Levitt.

How does a group that operates terror cells and espouses violence become a ruling political party? How is the world to understand and respond to Hamas, the militant Islamist organization that Palestinian voters brought to power in the stunning election of January 2006?This important book provides th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Other Authors: Ross, Dennis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD / Ross, Dennis
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. Origins of the Hamas Dawa
  • CHAPTER 2. Terror and the Hamas Political Leadership
  • CHAPTER 3. Economic Jihad: How Hamas Finances Terror
  • CHAPTER 4. The Logistics of Terror: Tactical Uses of the Dawa
  • CHAPTER 5. Teaching Terror: How the Dawa Radicalizes Palestinian Society
  • CHAPTER 6. Foreign Funding of Hamas
  • CHAPTER 7. State Support for Hamas
  • CHAPTER 8. Will Hamas Target the West?
  • CHAPTER 9. Displacing the Hamas Dawa
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.