In June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two
rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts
in the region always focused on reconciling two opposing fronts:
Israel and Palestine. Now, this careful exploration of Middle East
history over the last two decades reveals that the Palestinians
have long been a house divided. What began as a political rivalry
between Fatah's Yasir Arafat and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
during the first intifada of 1987 evolved into a full-blown battle
on the streets of Gaza between the forces of Arafat's successor,
Mahmoud Abbas, and Ismael Haniyeh, one of Yassin's early proteges.
Today, the battle continues between these two diametrically
opposing forces over the role of Palestinian nationalism and
Islamism in the West Bank and Gaza. In this thought-provoking book,
Jonathan Schanzer questions the notion of Palestinian political
unity, explaining how internal rivalries and violence have
ultimately stymied American efforts to promote Middle East peace,
and even the Palestinian quest for a homeland.
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