...Nathan J. Brown An abandoned peace process, increasingly severe Israeli restrictions on Gaza, and divided Palestinian leadership set the stage for the October 2023 surprise attack by Hamas. The devastating Israeli response has left much of the territory in ruins and decimated Hamas’s top ranks...

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...Nathan J. Brown The drama of international diplomacy has only obscured an ongoing, steady erosion of statehood as a focus of Palestinian aspirations. Nathan Brown Palestine Israel United States Mahmoud Abbas United Nations West Bank Gaza Strip Oslo Accords Hamas © 2011 Current...

...Emile Nakhleh It is imperative for the United States to engage mainstream Islamic political parties that are committed to gradual change through the ballot box. political Islam Middle East United States Hamas Hezbollah Muslims Al Qaeda sharia Barack Obama engagement 402...

... or brutal domination by one community over another. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Israel Palestine Ariel Sharon Oslo Palestinian Authority George Bush Hamas South Africa Diaspora Intifada Agrowing chorus of dissenters...

... Hamas 426 Although policy makers worry about the use of weapons of mass destruction against the United States, we should recognize that terrorist organizations have shown a remarkable tendency to fall back on well-tested conventional methods of attack. . . . Deterrence, when measured against...

...Sara Roy While an Islamist alternative still remains unacceptable to most Palestinians, the Islamists, notably Hamas, increasingly have become a … part of the Palestinian political landscape; as such, they will need to be incorporated into—not marginalized from—any future political arrangement...