1. BACK TO THE FUTURE

2. 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?

3. THE TABA DISCUSSIONS THE CLINTON PARAMETERS UNOFFICIAL MAP
EXCHANGE OF ISRAELI TERRITORY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST BANK
TWO JERUSALEMS OR ONE?

4. 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

5. 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

6. ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL SHARON WITHDRAWS SETTLEMENTS FROM GAZA
US INSISTS ON ELECTIONS IN 2006
RULES MATTER
LOCAL SUPPORT COUNTS

7. THE ELECTIONS OF 2006 VOTES % SEATS CHANGE AND REFORM 440,409 44.45
74 (29/45)
FATAH
410,554
41.43
45 (28/17)
PFLP
42,101
4.25
3 (3/0)
AL-BADIL
28,973
2.92
2 (2/0)
INDEPENDENTS
26,909
2.72

9. 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)

10. 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?