Hamas From Resistance To Regime 2nd Edition Paola Caridi Andrea Teti Translation by Paola Caridi, Andrea Teti (translation) 9781644211977, 9781644211892, 1644211971, 1644211890 instant download after payment.

Italian journalist & historian Paola Caridi offers a clear-eyed account of how the conditions in this war-torn region led to the rise of Hamas & 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 & the need to provide support for a refugee people. Caridi, informed by years of on-the-ground research & interviews with residents of Gaza & leaders of Hamas, covers the history of Gaza from its golden age as a port city to the formal birth & 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, & the Cairo Revolution. Hamas paints a picture, with intelligence, dexterity, & heart, of a people trapped in the most historic of political battles & reveals the strange complexities behind the controversy by explaining one of the key players in the search for peace & justice that runs through the central crisis of the Middle East today.

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Journalist & historian Paola Caridi has lived in the Middle East since 2001. She contributed to the founding of the press agency Lettera22 & has worked with L'Espresso, Sole 24 Ore, La Stampa, & Famiglia Cristiana. Hamas: From Resistance To Government, her second book, was published in Italy in 2009 & in Palestine in March 2010.