The Politics of the Palestinian Authority: From Oslo to al-Aqsa, by Nigel Parsons. New York and London: Routledge, 2005. xxx + 319 pages. Appendices to p. 341. Notes to p. 394. Bibliography to p. 411. Index to p. 429. $95.00 cloth.

Jamil Hilal is a sociologist who has published numerous books and articles in Arabic and English. He is the editor of Where Now for Palestine: The Demise of the Two-state Solution (Zed Books, 2007).