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Laura Robson examines the interactions between international and regional political economies of oil and water, and the increasingly explicit colonial and postcolonial politics of ethno-national identity centered around the question of Palestine, arguing that the Middle East's emergence as a 'zone of violence' only developed over the past century.

Introduction: an organization on the brink. - Historical context. - Origins of a movement. - The leadership of Hamas. - Ideology of Hamas. - Political engagement. - Military engagement. - Of allies and enemies. - Conclusion: Hamas in the future. - Appendices. Hamas charter. - Hamas 2006 Electoral campaign platform. - Text of 2011 Hamas Fatah National Reconciliation Accord. - Unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah, April 23, 2014

"This book argues the domestic Israeli politics have been a key factor in determining Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking in the period from 1988 to the present. It traces developments over this period showing how coalition-building, personalities, and differing views of how Israel should develop, and of how Israel should interact with Palestinians, all had a crucial influence."

An anatomy of the increasing sectarianization of conflicts in the Middle East, by some of the leading scholars writing on the region.

Research institutes and projects in the Middle East and recent publications from and on the region; 3 articles. Prepared in conjunction with the Regional Conference of Research Institutes in the Middle East, held in Cairo Apr. 18-19, 1993.

Chapter 1: Society and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir: An Introduction -- Section One: History And Politics Of Jammu & Kashmir.-Chapter 2: The Kashmir Conundrum: Past, Present and Future -- Chapter 3: Article 370 and 35A: Origin, Provisions and the Politics of Contestation -- Chapter 4: Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Quest for Empowerment -- Chapter5: Gilgit–Baltistan and the Ongoing Politics of Ambiguity -- Section Two: Social And Political Movements -- Chapter 6: From Muslim Conference to National Conference: Sheikh Abdullah's Quest for Secularism -- Chapter 7: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front: An Insider Account -- Chapter 8: The Development of Islam in Kashmir and its Influence on Socio-Religious Movements in Contemporary Azad Jammu and Kashmir -- Section Three: Case Studies From The Jammu Province And Ladakh -- Chapter 9: The Story of Mirpur: From Magnificence to Marginalization to Migration -- Chapter 10: Recalling Patriotism: Masculine Sacrifice and Public Statuary in Jammu -- Chapter 11: The Importance of Being Ladakhi: Negotiating Cultural Citizenship -- Section Four: Case Studies From The Kashmir Province -- Chapter 12: Behind Occupation and Surveillance: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Right to Privacy in Kashmir. Chapter 13: Women in the Kashmir Conflict: Changing Roles and Negotiating Spaces -- Chapter 14: The 1947 Massacre and its Impact on Sikhs in Kashmir -- Conclusions: Afterword: A Clarion Call.

"The book argues that the state of Israel's political and intellectual elites have failed to formulate a coherent concept of what it means for the state to be "Jewish." As a result, Israel is conceived primarily in demographic terms - as a state the majority of whose population is Jewish. The definition of who is Jewish, however, is left entirely up to Orthodox authorities. Although most observers of Israel attribute the disproportionate power of these authorities to coalition politics, Yadgar claims that the state needs to outsource the determination of Jewishness to them because the state has developed no alternative definition. Yadgar illustrates this dilemma through in-depth examination of controversies over conversion, the recently-passed Nation State law, school programs for the strengthening of "Jewish identity," and claims to an "Israeli" as opposed to "Jewish" nationality. Yadgar's elegant presentation of the intertwining of halakhic and ethnic conceptions of Jewishness, and the inability to separate "being Israeli" from "being Jewish," nicely illustrates the fallacy of clear distinctions between the realms of the religious and the secular in modern societies"--