ARTICLES, POLITICAL VIOLENCE
How Israel Catches Lone Wolves
Ehud Yaari / The American Interest (January 10, 2017)
Discusses how Isareli military and intelligence agencies curbed the wave of Palestinian lone wolf attacks that peaked in October 2015. Read More >
Does Aid to Palestinians Subsidize the Families of Terrorists
Naomi Zeveloff / The Forward (August 23, 2016)
This article unpacks the issue of the Palestinian Authority's financial support for families of terrorists and U.S. and Israeli efforts to combat these payments, or at least minimize their complicity in them. Zeveloff discusses where these funds come from and where they go, including families of Palestinian prisoners and civilians killed by Israeli fire. Read More >
'We Are Not Fanatic Killers'
David Kenner / Foreign Policy (May 2013)
Exclusive conversation with Khaled Meshaal in which the Hamas chief talks about how Assad should have listened to his advice, and why he's not "bloodthirsty" or "against" Jews. Read More >
The Forgotten War
Jeffrey Goldberg / The New Yorker (September 2006)
Feature on Hamas written in the wake of the 2006 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. It discusses the challenges facing the group, the evolution of its approach toward Israel, and compares Hamas to other Islamist groups that practice terrorism. Read More >
Rage and Reason
David Remnick / The New Yorker (May 6 2002)
Profile of Sari Nusseibeh, then the Palestine Liberation Organization's chief representative in Jerusalem and a professor of philosophy. Also delves into the situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories during the second Intifada, with a focus on Palestinian suicide bombings. Read More >
An Arsenal of Believers
Nasra Hassan / The New Yorker (November 19, 2001)
Profile of Palestinian suicide bombers from Hamas and Islamic Jihad which looks at the history of suicide bombings through an Islamist context. Includes interviews with suicide bombers and other group members, and descriptions of the planning and conduct of their operations. Read More >
The Role of Hamas in the Aqsa Intifada
Meir Litvak / Tel Aviv Notes (January 18, 2001)
Details Hamas' role at the outset of the second Intifada and in influencing the nature of the uprising, as well as its relationship with the Palestinian Authority and Yasir Arafat. PDF >
Israel Faces the Uprising
Azmi Bishara / Middle East Report (March/April 1989)
Written in the midst of the first Intifada, and looks at the relevant actions of the Israeli government in the decades prior to the Intifada, the Israeli response to the uprising, and strategies employed by the Palestinians. Read More >
The West Bank Rises Up
Penny Johnson and Lee O'Brien / Middle East Report (May/June 1988)
Looks at daily life during the intifada, the origins of the uprising, and the actions- both peaceful and violent- of Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank. Read More >