Archive for 'Intifada'
Secularism and Islamism in the Arab world
By Sukant Chandan, Conflicts Forum, October 7, 2007
Secularism in the political leadership in the Arab world has had a very short life-span if put into historical context. It became a dominant political current for a few decades in the latter half of the twentieth century, and today is seeing a near complete collapse in political […]
Posted: October 7th, 2007 under ARTICLES, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda in Iraq, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestinians, Political Islam, Secularism.
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From rebel movement to political party: the case of the Islamic Resistance Movement
By Alastair Crooke, Director, Conflicts Forum, March 4, 2007
The view held by many in the West that transformation from an armed resistance movement to political party should be linear, should be preceded by a renunciation of violence, should be facilitated by civil society and brokered by moderate politicians has little reality for the case of […]
Posted: March 4th, 2007 under Alastair Crooke, Bush Administration, Ceasefires, Fatah, Hamas, Intifada, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinians, Political Islam.
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Talking to Hamas
By Alastair Crooke, Prospect, June, 2006
Almost no one believes that putting Palestinians on a “diet” will make them more moderate or help to restart a political process with Israel. The diet–a term coined by Ariel Sharon’s chief of staff, Dov Weisglass–refers to the US and EU policy of trying to cut off the Hamas government […]
Posted: June 1st, 2006 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Hamas, Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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