POLS 3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Palestinians, Economic Liberalization, Fatah

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3060
• Professor: Janine Clark

Document Summary

Jan. 2005 to present in the israeli palestinian conflict. Israeli unilateral withdrawal from gaza (2005: settlements were destroyed and israelis left the region. Fighting breaks out between hamas and fatah (2007) Gaza war (dec. jan. 2008-2009: rocket fire out of the gaza strip and israeli drone strikes. Israeli claims that hamas puts innocents in the way: hamas claims that israel strikes innocents , and uses unnecessary force. Economic liberalization and political liberalization - electoral politics as an authoritarian survival. Elections as survival strategies: how do elections keep authoritarian rulers in power. Political parties have to be approved by a committee formed by the national democratic party (mubarak was the president of egypt and the head of the ndp) List system (independents could not run); between 1987 and 2006 individual candidacy system allowed; after 2006, mixture of both systems differed with district. Vote rigging, violence and intimidation at election time: muslim brotherhood candidates would be arrested without charge (under state.