A history of Palestinian Islamic Jihad : faith, awareness, and revolution in the Middle East / Erik Skare.

"In 1981, the young Palestinian preacher 'Abd al-'Aziz 'Awda gave a sermon in the White Mosque of Beach camp, Gaza. There, he spoke about the necessity of violently fighting the Israeli occupation, of liberating the entirety of Palestine, and about the duty of the Islamic movemen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Skare, Erik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Beginning of Pij (1967-1988): 1. The Roots of Pij
  • 2. Awareness: The Anti-Colonial Front
  • 3. Organizing the Movement: Pij's Recruitment of New Militants
  • 4. From Students to Militants: Commencing the Armed Struggle
  • Part II. From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988-2000): 5. Deportation, Patronage, and Organizational Reform
  • 6. Faith: The Conciliatory Movement
  • 7. The Collapse of Pij
  • Part III. The Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000-2017): 8. The Comeback of Pij
  • 9. From Strife to the Arab Spring
  • 10. Revolution: Pij, the State, and Civil Society
  • 11. Conclusion: Why Pij?
  • Bibliography and Sources
  • Index.