Böcker av Helena Cobban

Both accessible and authoritative, Understanding Hamas provides much-needed insight into a widely misunderstood movement whose involvement in a just resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict will be critical.Across Western mainstream discourse, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has been subjected to intense vilification. Branding it as “terrorist” or worse, this demonization intensified after the events in Southern Israel on October 7, 2023.This book does not advocate for or against Hamas. Rather, in a series of rich and probing conversations with leading experts, it aims to deepen understanding of a movement that is a key player in the current crisis. It looks at, among other things, Hamas’s critical shift from social and religious activism to national political engagement; the delicate balance between Hamas's political and military wings; and its transformation from early anti-Jewish tendencies to a stance that differentiates between Judaism and Zionism.

A study of the evolution of the military balance between Israel and Syria between 1978 and 1989, and the effects of the close strategic ties that developed in this period between these states and their superpower partners. Special attention is given to the fighting in Lebanon in 1982.

A guide, which provides a vision for the United States in the global community. It proposes moving the United States away from the control paradigm to a policy of global inclusion.

Veteran journalist Helena Cobban examines the different ways of dealing with the aftermath of genocide and violence.

This is a comprehensive political analysis of the PLO. The author has studied developments at close quarters and use documentary sources and first-hand recollections which have never been included in previous Western analyses of the movement.