You mean the secular parties?
These organizations would be more agreeable than Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, etc:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Democratic_Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian...%27s_Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_..._Palestine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian...Initiative
I think the Palestinian National Authority or even Fatah would be preferable over Hamas' governance of Gaza the past 7 years. The West Bank isn't Shangri la, but appears far more stable. In my opinion the religious fundamentalist groups are far more dangerous than the Marxist - Leninists organizations of yesterday. Israel's failure to recognize the consequence of not doing more to reach an agreement with the latter, allowed the former to present themselves as a viable alternative. I didn't mean to imply Israel is to blame for everything ( policies such as "Iron Fist" certainly don't help) that happens in the territories, just given the alternative, they probably could have tried harder.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Stewart Ross isn't bad and covers some of the history, but doesn't dwell long on any particulars.
Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt
Hezbollah by Augustus Richard Norton
I thought these were good. They do a competent job illustrating how groups like Hezbollah and Hamas become socially acceptable, while at the same time undermining the peace process and their more moderate secular political rivals.
Unlike Mr. Harris, I don't care to take a bite of the sandwich Israel and the Palestinians smeared shit on.
These organizations would be more agreeable than Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, etc:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Democratic_Union
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian...%27s_Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_..._Palestine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian...Initiative
I think the Palestinian National Authority or even Fatah would be preferable over Hamas' governance of Gaza the past 7 years. The West Bank isn't Shangri la, but appears far more stable. In my opinion the religious fundamentalist groups are far more dangerous than the Marxist - Leninists organizations of yesterday. Israel's failure to recognize the consequence of not doing more to reach an agreement with the latter, allowed the former to present themselves as a viable alternative. I didn't mean to imply Israel is to blame for everything ( policies such as "Iron Fist" certainly don't help) that happens in the territories, just given the alternative, they probably could have tried harder.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Stewart Ross isn't bad and covers some of the history, but doesn't dwell long on any particulars.
Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt
Hezbollah by Augustus Richard Norton
I thought these were good. They do a competent job illustrating how groups like Hezbollah and Hamas become socially acceptable, while at the same time undermining the peace process and their more moderate secular political rivals.
Unlike Mr. Harris, I don't care to take a bite of the sandwich Israel and the Palestinians smeared shit on.
