History of Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Faith, Awareness, and Revolution in the Middle East

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Beginning of PIJ (1967-1988): 1. The roots of PIJ; 2. Awareness: the anti-colonial front; 3. Organizing the movement: PIJ's recruitment of new militants; 4. From students to militants: commencing the armed struggle; Part II. From the First Intifada to the Oslo Agreement (1988-2000): 5. Deportation, patronage, and organizational reform; 6. Faith: the conciliatory movement; 7. The collapse of PIJ; Part III. From the Second Intifada to the Arab Spring (2000-2017): 8. The comeback of PIJ; 9. From strife to the Arab Spring; 10. Revolution: PIJ, the state, and civil society; 11. Conclusion: Why PIJ?

About the author

Erik Skare is Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for International Studies, Sciences Po (Paris). He is the author of Digital Jihad: Palestinian Resistance in the Digital Era (2016) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Islamist Writings on Resistance and Religion (forthcoming).

Product details

• Authors: Erik Skare, Skare Erik
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2022
• EAN: 9781108949460
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94946-0
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Middle Eastern history, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic