HIST 294 Lecture 21: Week 11 Monday: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Conflict
24 Aug 2016
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
Israel Hamas Relations & Zisser: Trends in ME Politics
Week 11 Monday
-ISRAEL HAMAS RELATIONS
-In January 2006, after years of boycotting the Oslo Accord and undermining the
legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Hamas decided to participate in the
legislative elections. Following the Camp David negotiations in 2000, Hamas thought
that Arafat may reach a permanent and final agreement with Israel that would end the
conflict, while Hamas would be kept out of the loop and thus would have no influence
on such an agreement from the outside.
-Hamas = sunni
-Hezbollah = Shi’ite
-Hamas participated in the elections for the PLC
•Hamas would be given legitimacy
•Before this, Hamas was against any negotiations, so they would not join the PA
-Arafat and Barack almost reach an agreement in 2000
•Thought that Arafat was the legitimately elected leader of the Palestinians, and
Hamas would have little influence
-Hamas wanted influence over any final solution
-Hamas wanted to be recognized as a legitimate authority by the PA and the outside
world, especially the US
-Hamas also wanted access to the financial resources of the PA
-Following its participation in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections,
Hamas won the majority of the seats in the Council;
-President Abu-Mazen reluctantly assigned the mission of forming a new government
to the head of Hamas party, Ismail Haniya.
-Israel imposed economic sanctions on the PA demanding the confirmation by the
Hamas-led government: first, denouncing the use of force against Israel; second,
recognizing Israel’s right to exist peacefully; and third, acknowledging previous
agreements signed between Israel and the PA/PLO.
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
-Distinguishing between Hamas Party and the Hamas Movement
-Israel continue to regard Hamas as a terrorist organization
-Israel demanded that unless the new government meets these demands, Western
states should refrain from transferring foreign aid to the PA. These sanctions included
withholding tax revenues that Israel collects and is supposed to transfer to the PA,
imposing restrictions on foreign trade, and blocking foreign aid.
-The devastating impact of the sanctions along with Abu-Mazen’s refusal of relinquish
control over key Palestinian Authority institutions to Hamas spilled over into tensions
and armed conflict between the two movements
-Generated a conflicted between Mazen and Haniya
•Mazen was from Fatah and Haniya from Hamas
-Mazen refused to give up control of police services etc.
-In June 2007, Hamas deported Fatah activists from the Gaza Strip and even
executed some of Fatah militants and established itself as the only governing
authority in the Strip.
-Israel tightened its grips over the Gaza Strip by controlling the crossings, thereby
Israel was able to limit the movement of Palestinians in and out of the Strip and to
regulate imports and exports.
-In September 2007, Israel declared the Strip a “hostile territory” and determined that
the blockade constitutes an act of self-defence
-The dispute spilled out into the street
-Gaza under the full control of Hamas
-Hamas as an Islamist movement thought that the whole holy land is Islamic land
•Jerusalem is the third holiest place for Islam
•Palestine (1948) belongs to the Palestinians
•Israel has no right to exist
•All Palestinians should have the right to return to their pre-1948 homes
-Hamas understands that they do not have the power to get rid of Israel
-Hamas was digging tunnels and Israel was looking for them and destroying them
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Document Summary
Israel hamas relations & zisser: trends in me politics. In january 2006, after years of boycotting the oslo accord and undermining the legitimacy of the palestinian authority (pa), hamas decided to participate in the legislative elections. Hamas participated in the elections for the plc: hamas would be given legitimacy, before this, hamas was against any negotiations, so they would not join the pa. Arafat and barack almost reach an agreement in 2000: thought that arafat was the legitimately elected leader of the palestinians, and. Hamas wanted in uence over any nal solution. Hamas wanted to be recognized as a legitimate authority by the pa and the outside world, especially the us. Hamas also wanted access to the nancial resources of the pa. Following its participation in the 2006 palestinian legislative council (plc) elections, Hamas won the majority of the seats in the council;
