PALESTINIAN, 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 >
Most Palestinians in West Bank Oppose Stabbing Attacks on Israelis, New Poll Shows
Jack Khoury / Haaretz (March 13, 2016)
Summary of Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC) poll shows that while support for Abbas wanes, 60% still support a two-state solution, 54% of West Bank Palestinians oppose the stabbing attacks on Israelis, and more than half of Palestinians felt ISIS's actions hurt their cause. Read More >
Rocket Threat to Israel: Palestinian Rocket & Mortar Attacks
Jewish Virtual Library (2009 - 2014)
List of Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel. Includes dates, locations, descriptions, and information about the perpetrators (if known) of each attack. Also provides information on the types of rockets used and their capabilities. Read More >
Terrorism Against Israel: Comprehensive Listing of Fatalities
Jewish Virtual Library (1993 - 2013)
List of Israeli fatalities from Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Includes dates, locations, and names of victims, as well as descriptions of the circumstances and perpetrators of each attack. Read More > | See also: Attacks Against Israeli Representatives Abroad (1969 - Present) >
'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 >
Backgrounder: Hamas
Council on Foreign Relations (November 2012)
Features basic information about Hamas, including its origins, beliefs, leaders, operations, terrorist attacks, goals, and perception among Palestinians. Read More >
Operation Pillar of Defense: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement
November 21, 2012
Text of the agreement between Israel and Hamas negotiated by Egypt that brought an end to the 2012 Israeli military campaign in Gaza. Outlines the parameters of the ceasefire as well as its implementation mechanism. Read Document >
An Hour with Hamas leader with Khaled Meshaal
Charlie Rose (2010)
The Hamas chairman, who has been the group's political leader since 2004, discusses his beliefs and opinions, the nature and actions of Hamas, and claims that Hamas would accept a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders if approved by popular referendum. (53:27) Watch >
Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion: The Public Imperative in the Second Intifada
Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki | Indiana University Press (2010)
Book Review (Israel Studies Review; requires EBSCOhost login) | CampusBooks
PLO: History of a Revolution
Al Jazeera English (2009)
Six-part series that tells the story of the PLO, beginning with its creation in 1964 and ending with the death of Yasser Arafat in 2002, the subsequent Hamas victory in the 2006 parliamentary elections, and the ensuing Hamas-Fatah power struggle. Episode 1 (24:07) > | Episode 2 (24:22) > | Episode 3 (24:22) > | Episode 4 (24:22) > | Episode 5 (24:09) > | Episode 6 (24:24) >
Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility
Paul Scham and Osama Abu-Irshaid / United States Institute of Peace (June 2009)
Analysis of Hamas' behavior from the understanding that shari'a provides the basis for the political actions that Hamas can and cannot take. Concludes that Hamas has undergone changes to the point where the group is now ready to explore arrangements that will allow it and Israel to coexist without episodic violence. PDF >
Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army
Sergio Catignani | Routledge (2008)
Book Review (Middle East Journal; requires JSTOR login) | CampusBooks
The Lost Years: Radical Islam, Intifada, and Wars in the Middle East, 2001-2006
Charles Enderlin | Other Press (2007)
Book Review (Publishers Weekly) | CampusBooks
Israeli Politics and the First Palestinian Intifada: Political Opportunities, Framing Processes and Contentious Politics
Eitan Y. Alimi | Routledge (2007)
Book Review (AbeBooks) | CampusBooks
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 >
Fatah and the Politics of Violence: The Institutionalization of a Popular Struggle
Anat Kurz | Sussex Academic Press (2005)
Book Review (The Reut Institute) | CampusBooks
Hamas: Behind the Mask
Shelley Saywell / Bishari Films / CBC (2005)
Filmed before Hamas' electoral victory and subsequent takeover of Gaza in 2006. Includes background on the group, its Islamist ideology and methods, as well as interviews with Hamas leaders, experts, and ordinary Palestinians and Israelis. (50:50) Watch >
Documentary Interviews Failed Suicide Bombers
Fresh Air (June 2004)
Filmmakers Israel Goldvicht and Tom Roberts went inside Israeli prisons to examine the minds of suicide bombers. Their documentary, Suicide Bombers, is part of the PBS series "Wide Angle." They spoke with three failed bombers, one bomb builder and one recruiter. (21:07) Listen >
The Path to Mass Rebellion: An Analysis of Two Intifadas
Ruth Margolies Beitler | Lexington Books (2004)
Book Review (Amazon.com)| CampusBooks
Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism
David Horovitz | Knopf (2004)
Book Review (Publishers Weekly) | CampusBooks
Collective Palestinian Frustration and Suicide Bombings
Third World Quarterly (2003)
Study proposing that Islamic militancy, poverty, youth and personality patterns contribute to the explanation of support for Palestinian suicide bombings, as well as proneness to participate in them. PDF >
Erased In A Moment Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians
Human Rights Watch (October 2002)
Examination of the nature and consequences the human toll of the suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians, reviews the relevant international humanitarian law standards and the obligations they impose, and describes the nature, structure, and objectives of the Palestinian armed groups that have carried out these attacks. Also looks at the role of the Palestinian Authority, including Yasir Arafat. PDF >
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 >
Mitchell Report of the "Al-Aqsa Intifada"
ICPRI (May 20, 2001)
Investigation of the possible causes of the al-Aqsa Intifada, demonstrations between unarmed Palestinian civilians and Israeli police on the same day of Ariel Sharon's visit to Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Gives recommendations to end the violence, rebuild confidence through the prevention of terrorism and the freeze of settlement activity, and eventually resume negotiations. 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 >
Fatalities in the first Intifada
B'Tselem (2000)
Lists of Israelis and Palestinians killed between 1987 and 2000. Includes Israelis and Palestinians killed in the Occupied Territories and well as those killed within the Green Line. Read More >
Speaking Stones: Communiques from the Intifada Underground
Shaul Mishal and Reuben Aharoni | Syracuse University Press (1994)
Book Review (BOOKadda) | CampusBooks
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 >
Yasir Arafat
60 Minutes (February 1989)
Will there ever be peace in the Middle East? That's one of the questions Mike Wallace poses to Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Arafat discusses the PLO's reputation for violence, and describes his vision for economic cooperation in the region. (12:35) Watch >
Hamas Covenant 1988
August 18, 1988
Outlines the position of the Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas on a number key issues. Identifies Hamas as the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic state in Palestine, in place of Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel. Read Document >
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 >