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The Palestinian national movement reached a dead-end and came close to
disintegration at the beginning of the present century. The struggle for power after
the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 signaled the end of a path toward statehood
prepared by the Oslo Accords a decade before. The reasons for the failure of the
movement are deeply rooted in modern Palestinian history. As'ad Ghanem analyzes the
internal and external events that unfolded as the Palestinian national movement
became a "failed national movement," marked by internecine struggle and collapse,
the failure to secure establishment of a separate state and achieve a stable peace
with Israel, and the movement's declining stature within the Arab world and the
international community.
<FMO>Contents<\>
Preface
Introduction:
Theoretical Framework and Historical Background
1. The Israeli Post-Oslo
Strategy: The Demographic Threat and the Shift from Conflict Resolution to Conflict
Management
2. Israeli Public Attitudes toward Peace with the Palestinians:
Which Peace?
3. Arafat's Heritage of Political Control
4. The
Politics of Reform in the Palestinian National Authority
5. Palestinians in
Search of Authoritative Leadership after Arafat
6. The Empowerment of Hamas
and the Outbreak of Palestinian Infighting
Conclusion: Is There a Way Out
of the
Crisis?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Overview
The Palestinian national movement reached a dead-end and came close to
disintegration at the beginning of the present century. The struggle for power after
the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004 signaled the end of a path toward statehood
prepared by the Oslo Accords a decade before. The reasons for the failure...