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The Hamas takeover of Gaza killed the two-state solution

The Hamas takeover of Gaza killed the two-state solution
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Professor Hillel Frisch

Hillel Frisch is professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University, Israel and former Senior Researcher in the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Amongst his latest studies are “Rethinking the "Arab Spring": Winners and Losers,” Middle East Quarterly (2021) “The Palestinian Military, Two Not One,” Oxford Handbook on Military and Security Studies (2021), “Jordan and Hamas,” Handbook on Jordan, 2019, and “Assessing Iranian Soft Power in the Arab World from Google Trends,” The Journal for Interdisciplinary Middle Eastern Studies 2019.

Recent publications

The Qatari Challenge: Trump’s New “Favored Partner”

Qatar has entrenched itself as Washington’s indispensable mediator and will inevitably play a central role...

Hamas’s Battle with Gaza’s “Rogue Clans” in the Eyes of the Palestinian Public

A review of Arabic media, international coverage, and social media shows contrasting Palestinian views of...

The Pakistan–Saudi Defense Agreement: A First Step Toward an “Islamic NATO”?

The pact raises the specter of a Sunni alliance under Pakistan’s nuclear umbrella — a...

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