The Palestinian scene changed dramatically after Hamas’s winning in Palestinian elections 2006. Significant however were the contested authorities between Fatah and Hamas in managing the Palestinian Authority institutions. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on the first side, and the government and the Parliament on the second. With Fatah committed to Oslo agreement and peace process, and Islamic Hamas committed to resistance and change; an inevitable conflict of authorities had to take place, thus causing major cracks within the Palestinian constitutional system and the functional mechanisms of its three bodies, the legislative, executive and judicial.
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Publication Info Title: Sira‘ al-Salahiyat bayna Fatah wa Hamas fi ’Idarat al-Sultah al-Filastiniyah 2006-2007 (Conflict of Authorities between Fatah and Hamas in Managing the Palestinian Authority 2006-2007). Prepared by: Mariam Itani Edited by: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh Published in: February 2008 (1st Edition) Physical details: 118 pages, 14*21 cm, paperback Price: 3$ This book is available fully for free download on the Arabic website: Download |
These cracks are exactly what this study aims at shedding light on, through surveying the “conflict of authorities” that took place between Fatah and Hamas in managing the PA during the years 2006 and 2007.
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