Islam and Salvation in Palestine: The Islamic Jihad Movement

Hatina (Middle Eastern history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) traces the history of the Palestinian Jihad movement from its origins in 1981, in Gaza up to 1999. Particular attention is paid to the movement's relationship to Hamas, its role in and response to the Oslo Accords, its relation to Iran and Hizballah, and its ideology, symbolism, and calendar. The Islamic Jihad's internal charter is reproduced in an appendix. Distributed in the US by Syracuse University Press.

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