(Hardback, Revised edition)

Many in the US and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. This title shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration.

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Based on author's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, this title shows how the social service activities sponsored by the Islamist group emphasized not political violence but rather community development and civic restoration.