The Politics of Change in Palestine

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Progress and Stagnation 2. The Myth of a Missing Palestinian Partner 3. Change in Palestine II. HAMAS IN TRANSITION 1. "What is there to Talk About?" 2. Changing Hamas: On Theory and Pragmatism 3. Embracing Statehood: Hamas in Gaza 4. Tremors of Change: "Hamas 2.0"? 5. Prospects for Western Engagement with Hamas III. CHANGING FATAH 1. Looking Back: Ambiguity, Symbolism and Stagnation 2. Re-inventing Fatah: The Sixth General Conference of 2009 3. Making Fatah Work: The Challenges Ahead IV. PNA STATE-BUILDING: PUTTING PALESTINE ON THE MAP 1. The "Fayyad-Plan": Parameters of a Technocratic Revolution 2. One Year into State-Building: A Preliminary Evaluation 3. Turning Wine into Water? The Ambiguities of Fayyadism 4. Fayyad: Palestinian Messiah or Traitor to the Cause? V. BEYOND TERROR: POLITICISING NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE 1. Non-Violence: The Forgotten Resistance 2. Current Trends of Non-Violence 3. Non-violence: Does It Work? 4. A Hammer Looking for a Nail? Israeli Responses 5. Challenges of Non-Violence VI. EPILOGUE Appendix Notes Bibliography

Michael Broning is Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) in the Palestinian Territories and previously represented FES in Jordan and Iraq. He has written on Middle East politics in Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Der Spiegel and Die Zeit.

Broning's lucid text on Palestinian affairs within the context of the continuing Israeli occupation is timely and immensely needed. This book is a must-read for those who want to comprehend the Israeli/Palestinian elephant in its totality, rather than be misled by a blind grasp of just the trunk, an ear, or the tail. -- Khaled Hroub, director of the Arab Media Project, University of Cambridge Michael Broning provides a much-needed antidote to mainstream writing. He methodically sketches the arc of the Palestinian national movement in the Occupied Territories as it transforms itself from Fatah's secular nationalist approach to Hamas's Islamist nationalism. This is a highly valuable book that no student of Palestinian history or the Arab-Israeli conflict can afford to ignore. -- Joost R. Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group, Washington DC Michael Broning has brilliantly described current changes and new perspectives emerging in the Palestinian landscape. At the same time, he has captured the stakes and the challenges of Palestinian nonviolent resistance. -- Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of Palestinian National Initiative, Ramallah A lucid analysis of Palestinian politics and much needed food for thought on how to engage Hamas. A must-read for anyone interested in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. -- Gernot Erler, Minister of State in the German Federal Foreign Office 2005-2009, Deputy Chairman of social democrats in the German Parliament, Berlin. Few, if any, have spotted the subtle yet positive changes in Palestine as thoroughly. -- Jordan Times Based on extensive research and on in-depth interviews with activists and decision-makers. Politics of Change offers a well-informed interpretation of often overlooked developments. -- Maan News Agency An excellent contribution in times of political fermentation. -- Israel-Palestine Journal Informed, well written, and impressively precise. --