{"product_id":"hamas-from-resistance-to-regime-9781644211892","title":"Hamas: From Resistance to Regime","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Historical survey rather than a polemical view of the problematic Islamist movement that has both sounded the Palestinians' needs and plagued Israel since the group's founding in 1987.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Truly a great book of reportage and keen analysis.\" \u003ci\u003e--Le Monde \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the radical Islamist group Hamas was elected to lead Palestine in 2006, the Western world was shocked. How had the majority of Palestinians come to support an extremist organization and how would the group's new political power affect the larger Israel\/Palestine conflict? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Italian journalist and historian Paola Caridi offers a clear-eyed account of how the conditions in this war-torn region led to the rise of Hamas and an unbiased look at the complex feelings that Palestinians have toward getting behind a government that supports violent resistance. By breaking from the sensationalist journalism surrounding the elections, Caridi is able to tell the story of a movement caught between the desire to resist its oppressor and the need to provide support for a refugee people. Caridi, informed by years of on-the-ground research and interviews with residents of Gaza and leaders of Hamas, covers the history of Gaza from its golden age as a port city to the formal birth and slow militarization of Hamas. This English-language translation brings the reader to present-day Palestine by offering a never-before-seen chapter on Operation Cast Lead, the shocking WikiLeaks disclosures, and the Cairo Revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHamas\u003c\/i\u003e paints a picture, with intelligence, dexterity, and heart, of a people trapped in the most historic of political battles and reveals the strange complexities behind the controversy by explaining one of the key players in the search for peace and justice that runs through the central crisis of the Middle East today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJournalist and historian \u003cb\u003ePAOLA CARIDI\u003c\/b\u003e has lived in the Middle East since 2001. She contributed to the founding of the press agency Lettera22 and has worked with \u003ci\u003eL'Espresso\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSole 24 Ore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFamigliaCristiana\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eHamas: From Resistance To Government, \u003c\/i\u003e her second book, was published in Italy in 2009 and in Palestine in March 2010. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e ANDREA TETI\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen and Senior Fellow at the European Center for International Affairs. His research focuses on Middle Eastern politics, political theory, and the history of social science.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603532484882,"sku":"9781644211892","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f385675-c39c-427e-a0fc-e3ac3652375b.jpg?v=1732247932","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hamas-from-resistance-to-regime-9781644211892","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}