Islam and Salvation in Palestine: The Islamic Jihad Movement

by Meir Hatina

Overview

Hatina (Middle Eastern history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) traces the history of the Palestinian Jihad movement from its origins in 1981, in Gaza up to 1999. Particular attention is paid to the movement's relationship to Hamas, its role in and response to the Oslo Accords, its relation to Iran and Hizballah, and its ideology, symbolism, and calendar. The Islamic Jihad's internal charter is reproduced in an appendix. Distributed in the US by Syracuse University Press.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789652240484
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Series:	Dayan Center Papers , #127
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.66(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.46(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	11
	Preface	13
	Introduction: The Rise of Palestinian Radical Islam	17
Chapter 1	The Islamic Jihad--Historic Milestones	23
Chapter 2	Ideological Outlook	47
Chapter 3	Between the PLO and the Brothers/Hamas	63
Chapter 4	The Oslo Accords--Ideology and Political Reality	85
Chapter 5	Relations with Iran and Hizballah	107
Chapter 6	World of Images and Symbols	117
	Conclusion	129
	Notes	139
Appendix	The Islamic Jihad's Internal Charter	161
	Bibliography	169
	Index	175