This book examines the factors and issues responsible for the intra-Palestinian conflict that has undermined the strength and vitality of the struggle for liberation against the state of Israel.
1. This book gives a comprehensive account of Hamas-Fatah power struggle in Palestine.
2. It reflects upon the Israel-Palestine conflict in the light of intra-Palestine issues.
3. Lucid and topical, this book will be read by scholars of Area studies, West Asian studies and international relations across UK and USA.
Subhash Singh is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Funded by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, he is currently working on a project on The Resetting of India's National Security and the Role of Indo-Israel Relations, 1998-2014. In 2014, he completed his PhD on Hamas and Fatah: Struggle for Power in Palestinian Politics, 1988-2010, and his MPhil on Hamas in Palestinian Politics, 1996-2006 in 2010. His research interests include Palestinian politics, Arab-Israel conflict, international relations, India's foreign policy, and the Indian political system. He has received several fellowships from the University Grants Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. He has also contributed several research papers in journals and edited volumes on a variety of issues and has published two edited volumes.
Introduction 1. Fatah in Palestinian politics 2. The rise of Hamas as Fatah's political rival 3. Ideological roots of the Hamas-Fatah conflict 4. Hamas-Fatah: The struggle for power 5. The second partition of Palestine 6. The political landscape of Palestine: Aftermath of Arab Spring Conclusion