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This week, world terrorism expert Robert Pape will share with the FBI the findings of his remarkable study of 462 suicide bombings. He concludes that such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the relentless slaughter

Sunday August 6, 2006
The Observer

Israel has finally conceded that air power alone will not defeat Hizbollah. Over the coming weeks, it will learn that ground power won't work either. The problem is not that the Israelis have insufficient military might, but that they misunderstand the nature of the enemy.

Le Monde diplomatique
Last year the Lebanese army besieged the Palestinian camp of Nahr al-Bared, where a previously unknown organisation, Fatah al-Islam, was dug in. These events, like attacks on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, reflect the appearance of radical Sunni Islamist networks, some of them linked to al-Qaida, which is now treating Lebanon as a key base

By Fidaa Itani

Tamimi discusses the philosophical underpinnings of the Hamas movement
and the discussion that takes place within Hamas itself concerning its
goals and means.

Hamas: A History From Within - Book Review
Jim Miles
http://palestinechronicle.com/story-08290744027.htm

Azzam Tamimi. Hamas: A History From Within. (Northampton : Olive
Branch Press, 2007)

Most of the world knows the superficial history of Hamas as presented
by western media, the stories of the suicide bombers, the election
results that were argued to be a vote against the PLO/Fatah but not

Jan Elschot United Civilians for Peace
7 maart 2007

Hamas wordt steeds genoemd als radicale partij met wie geen vredesoverleg mogelijk is. Maar is dat zo? Wij analyseren het daadwerkelijke gedrag vanaf vorig jaar.

Khalid Hroub (The Daily Star - Lebanon) 26-10-2006

Door Sara Roy
London Review of Books
vertaling Anja Meulenbelt

(Noot van de vertaalster vooraf: dit artikel is geschreven voor de verkiezingen in Palestina, en het aantreden van een door Hamas geleide regering. Waar in het stuk sprake is van het Palestijns gezag gaat het nog om de vorige, door Abbas en Fatah geleide overheid.)