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BACK TO THE FUTURE. COLLAPSE OF THE OSLO PROCESS. BOTH BARAK AND ARAFAT SOUGHT TO APPEASE THEIR INTERNAL OPPONENTS BARAK MADE FAR-REACHING CONCESSIONS BUT THEY WERE NOT FAR-REACHING ENOUGH: A STATE IN THREE PIECES?. THE TABA DISCUSSIONS. THE CLINTON PARAMETERS UNOFFICIAL MAP
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COLLAPSE OF THE OSLO PROCESS • BOTH BARAK AND ARAFAT SOUGHT TO APPEASE THEIR INTERNAL OPPONENTS • BARAK MADE FAR-REACHING CONCESSIONS • BUT THEY WERE NOT FAR-REACHING ENOUGH: A STATE IN THREE PIECES?
THE TABA DISCUSSIONS • THE CLINTON PARAMETERS • UNOFFICIAL MAP • EXCHANGE OF ISRAELI TERRITORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST BANK • TWO JERUSALEMS OR ONE?
COLLAPSING THE P.A. • ARIEL SHARON’S VISIT TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM • THE SECOND OR “AL-AQSA” INTIFADA • RENEWAL OF WAR AND MILITARY DEFEAT OF THE P.A. • THE POLICE BECOME MILITIAS—REVERSING STATE BUILDING
THE POLITICAL POWER OF HAMAS • THE IMAGE OF RESISTANCE—TO ISRAEL AND FATAH CORRUPTION • POLITICAL MACHINE OR NASCENT STATE? • SOLVING THE OLD PROBLEM ANEW • RAISING FUNDS “OUTSIDE” • DISTRIBUTING SERVICES TO CREATE CLIENTS • CREATING A DISCIPLINED STRIKE FORCE
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL • SHARON WITHDRAWS SETTLEMENTS FROM GAZA • US INSISTS ON ELECTIONS IN 2006 • RULES MATTER • LOCAL SUPPORT COUNTS
HAMAS CONSOLIDATES • HAMAS MILITIA ROUTS FATAH IN OPEN FIGHTING • A PALESTINIAN “ALTALENA”? • GAZA LEADERSHIP WARS WITH ISRAEL • GAZA LEADERSHIP NEGOTIATES WITH ISRAEL, EGYPT AND EVEN THE PALESTINIANS (THE HAJJ OF 2008)
NO END IN SIGHT • DOES THE PLO STILL EXIST? • IS HAMAS CREATING A STATE? • ROCKETS AND PERMANENT REVOLUTION • DOES THE BOYCOTT OF HAMAS HELP OR HURT IT?