JPS Current Issue

From the Editor

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From the Editor

Rashid I. Khalidi

FULL TEXT

Articles

P. 6

A “New Hamas” through Its New Documents

Khaled Hroub

FULL TEXT

Perspective

P. 28

Arts, Identity, and Survival: Building Cultural Practices under Occupation

Adila Laïdi-Hanieh

Letter from Israel

P. 44

The 17th Knesset Elections: A Drive to Normalcy and Separation

Michel Warschawski

Palestinian Voices

P. 54

The 1948 War and Its Aftermath

Um Jabr Wishah

Review Essay

P. 63

Illegal Jewish Immigration to Palestine under the British Mandate

Walid Khalidi

Recent Books

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Sanbar: Les Palestiniens: La photographie d’une terre et de son peuple de 1839 à nos jours

P. 70

Karlinsky: California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestin

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Galili and Morozov: Exiled to Palestine: The Emigration of Zionist Convicts from the Soviet Union, 1

Reviewed by Lenni Brenner

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Von Schubert: Checkpoints and Chances: Eyewitness Accounts from an Observer in Israel-Palestine

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Levitt: Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad

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Snir: Palestine Theatre

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Rabinowitz and Abu Baker: Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Is

Reviewed by Samera Esmeir

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Chatty and Lewando Hundt: Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle East

Reviewed by Julie Peteet

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Tilley: The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli Palestinian Deadlock

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Sizer: Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon?

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Shorter Notices

Arab Views

P. 83

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

Compiled by Editorial Staff

From the Hebrew Press

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This section includes articles by Israeli journalists and commentators.

Compiled by Editorial Staff

Photos from the Quarter

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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

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Quarterly Update on Conflict and Diplomacy 16 February - 15 May 2006

Compiled by Michele K. Esposito

Settlement Monitor

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Settlement Monitor 16 February - 15 May 2006

Edited by Geoffery Aronson

Documents and Source Material

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International A1. United Nations, Assessment of the Future Humanitarian Risks in the Occupied

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A2. World Bank, “The Impending Palestinian Fiscal Crisis, Potential Remedies,” Washington, 7 May 200

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A3. Geoffrey Aronson, “Financing the Palestinian Authority,” Washington, 25 May 2006 (excerpts)

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A4. UN Agencies and NGOs, Humanitarian “Situation Analysis” of the West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem, Ma

P. 159

Arab B1. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Address to the Opening Session of the Second Palestinian Co

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B2. Hamas, “National Unity Government Program,” Gaza City, 19 March 2006

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B3. Tenth PA Executive Authority, List of Members and Brief Biographies, Ramallah, 28 March 2006

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B4. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Interview in Ha’Aretz, Ramallah, 22 March 2006

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B5. PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, “A Just Peace of No Peace,” Guardian, 31 March 2006

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B6. Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations’ Network (PNGO), Statement on Foreign Funding to the

P. 170

B7. Palestinian Private Sector Associations, Appeal “For the Sake of Palestine,” Ramallah, 1 May 200

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B8. Imprisoned Leaders of Fatah, Hamas, and Other Palestinian Factions, “A Covenant for National Rec

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United States C1. David Makovsky, “Olmert’s Unilateral Option: An Early Assessment,” Washington

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C2. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, “Punishing the Innocent Is a Crime,” International Herald Tr

Chronology

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Chronology 16 February–15 May 2006

Compiled by Michele K. Esposito

Bibliography of Periodical Literature

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Bibliography of Periodical Literature

Norbert Scholz