JPS Current Issue

From the Editor

P. 5

From the Editor

Rashid I. Khalidi

Articles

P. 6

Hamas’s Rise as Charted in the Polls, 1994–2005

Jamil Hilal

Report

P. 20

The Democratic Resistance: Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinian Elections

Graham Usher

Open Forum

P. 37

Strategizing Palestine

Saree Makdisi, Jaleh Bisharat

P. 39

Preparing for the Inevitable Negotiation

Omar M. Dajani

P. 45

A Strategy within a Non-Strategy: Sumud, Resistance, Attrition, and Advocacy

Jeff Halper

P. 51

Putting Palestine Back on the Map: Boycott as Civil Resistance

Omar Barghouti

P. 57

Choices of Law, Fragments of History: On Litigating in the Israeli Legal System

Marwan Dalal

P. 62

Underclass Citizens: Palestinians in Israel

Jamil Dakwar

P. 67

The Refugee Question

Ghada Hashem Talhami

P. 72

Palestine and Main Street, U.S.A.: Transforming American Public Opinion

Jaleh Bisharat

P. 78

“Intellectual Warfare” and the Question of Palestine

Saree Makdisi

Special Document File

P. 83

The Israeli Lobby

Institute for Palestine Studies

Recent Books

P. 115

Cobham and Kanafani: The Economics of Palestine: Economic Policy and Institutional Reform for a Viab

Reviewed by Fadle M. Naqib

P. 116

Rothenberg: Spirits of Palestine: Gender, Society, and Stories of the Jinn

P. 117

Dabbagh: Suicide in Palestine: Narratives of Despair

P. 118

Sandercock et al: Peace under Fire: Israel/Palestine and the International Solidarity Movement

Reviewed by Zachary Wales

P. 119

Reinhart: Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948

P. 120

Alternative Tourism Group: Palestine and Palestinians: Guidebook

P. 122

Tuten: Between Capital and Land: The Jewish National Fund’s Finances and Land-Purchase Priorities

P. 123

Zertal: Israel’s Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood

P. 124

Rose: The Myths of Zionism

P. 126

Anderson: Nationalist Voices in Jordan and Lucas: Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jorda

Reviewed by Waleed Hazbun

P. 128

Shorter Notices

Arab Views

P. 131

This section aims to give readers a glimpse of how the Arab world views current events.

Compiled by Editorial Staff

From the Hebrew Press

P. 133

This section includes articles by Israeli journalists and commentators.

Compiled by Editorial Staff

Photos from the Quarter

P. 144

This small sample of photos, selected from hundreds viewed by JPS, aims to convey a sense of the sit

Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy

P. 149

Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy 16 November 2005 - 15 February 2006

Compiled by Michele K. Esposito

Settlement Monitor

P. 179

Settlement Monitor 16 November 2005 - 15 February 2006

Edited by Geoffery Aronson

Documents and Source Material

P. 191

International A1.Jon Elmer, “Good Night Battle of Britain, Good Morning Gaza,” Briarpatch, Regina, C

P. 193

A2. UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Humanitarian Update on Emerging Human

P. 195

A3. United Nations, Humanitarian Impact of the West Bank Barrier: Palestinian Access to Agricultural

P. 198

A4. International Crisis Group (ICG), “Enter Hamas: The Challenges of Political Integration,” Amman

P. 204

A5. Representatives of the Quartet, Statement on the Palestinian Legislative Elections, London, 30 J

P. 205

Arab B1. Khalid Mishal, Head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Commentary on the Hamas Victory, Damas

P. 206

B2. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Address to the Second Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah, 18 F

P. 208

Israel C1.Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Address to the Sixth Herzliya Conference, Herzl

P. 210

C2. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, Address to the Sixth Herzliya Conference, Herzliya, 21 Jan

P. 211

C3. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Statement on the Hamas Legislative Victory, Jerusalem, 29 Jan

P. 212

C4. Israeli Cabinet, Decision on Government Measures vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority following t

P. 212

C5. B’Tselem, Summary Finding of Research on Israel’s De Facto Annexation of the Jordan Valley, Jeru

P. 214

United States D1.U.S. House of Representatives, Resolution Expressing Opposition to Hamas’s Particip

P. 215

D2. U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney, Address to the Annual AIPAC Conference, Washington, 7 March

Chronology

P. 218

Chronology 16 November 2005–15 February 2006

Compiled by Michele K. Esposito

Bibliography of Periodical Literature

P. 240

Bibliography of Periodical Literature

Norbert Scholz