Hamas Vs. Fatah

JONATHAN SCHANZER is the Director of Policy at the Jewish Policy Center. He has served as counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury and as a research fellow at Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he authored the book Al Qaeda's Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, and Al-Jazeera. He lives in Washington, D.C.

• Foreword by D.Pipes Introduction: Islamism vs. Palestinian Nationalism The Roots of Hamas and Fatah Hamas, Fatah, and the First Intifada Hamas Under Fire Hamas, Fatah and the Oslo Years History Repeats: The 2000 Intifada Fitna Hamas Digs In Prelude to War Hamas Conquers Gaza Fatah's West Bank The Threat of al-Qaeda in Gaza The Gaza-West Bank Split Annapolis and the Hope for Peace The Effect of Sanctions The Winds of War The Prospects for Change from Within Conclusion: Between Fitna and Fulfillment Acknowledgements About the Author

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