Hamas the Challenge of Political Integration

Bc. Alexandre Mirault

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

There is no one day without an article about the Near East in the daily newspapers, which relates to the increasing tensions and conflicts between the various actors. In particular this is a territory which brings the attention of the world because it has suffered for more than fifty years of a conflict which is rooted in time and each day brings new proof that it is probably going to continue. This is why the study of Palestine and of the various actors who are opposing Hamas, Fatah and Israel is of topical importance. Since the creation of the State of Israel on May 14th, 1948, the tensions in the area did not cease increasing, each one asserting its legitimacy to belong to this territory. The current situation is finally that it reflects a territory struggle which triggered the behaviour of covetousness. The aim of this work is to analyze the evolution of Hamas particularly since its victory on the Palestinian legislative elections of January 2006. Also, to wonder why a group listed as terrorist organization which is supported by a majority of Palestinians is completely excluded from the negotiations and thus does not take part in the research of solution to the Israel/Palestine equation? This work in the first hand presents the general characteristic of the Islamic movement as well as its ideological sphere of influence. In the second hand the author puts in exergue the Hamas’s relations within the Near East and also with the international community. In the last part, the author analyzes the success of 2006 and the rise to the power and then the collapse of the successive governments.

Keywords

Hamas, Fatah, PLO, Israel, Islam, Middle-East, Integration, Political, Challenge, War, Power, Election, Military, Success, Failure, Takeover

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 29. 4. 2010

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 2. 6. 2010
• Vedoucí: JUDr. PhDr. Marek Čejka, Ph.D.
• Oponent: prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.

Masarykova univerzita

Fakulta sociálních studií

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Politologie / European Politics (angl.)