Hamas: An Overview of Its Experience & History 1987–2005, By Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh – Free Download

The website offers Chapter One: “Hamas: An Overview of Its Experience & History 1987–2005” of the Book: The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas: Studies of Thought and Experience for free download.

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas: Studies of Thought and Experience was co-written by a group of professors specializing in the Palestinian issue and five senior Hamas leaders. The 704-page book is edited by Dr. Mohsen Saleh.

The book examines Hamas’s vision and experience in all its aspects. The work sticks to two main commitments: First, adherence to academic research methods, and the accuracy, objectivity and extensive documentation necessary to them. The second is the attempt to present Hamas as it really is, whether by the contributions of specialized researches, who are well informed of Hamas and its experience; or by the contributions of Hamas leaders, who have addressed a number of issues and presented a more comprehensive picture of the Movement. Particularly so when the available literature is insufficient to clarify all the issues being researched, especially for Western audiences interested in understanding the Palestinian issue, of which Hamas has become a key component in the past decade.

The book falls in two parts. The first is a collection of eleven studies on Hamas and its experience, while the second part includes contributions by five senior Hamas leaders attempting to answer a miscellany of questions regarding different issues appertaining to the Movement.

The book includes an appendix of major documents related to Hamas and its experience since the issuance of its charter in 1987 until the memorandum of enforcement of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas (Al-Shati’ Agreement) in 2014 besides key political documents issued in the intervening period.

For more details, see The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas: Studies of Thought and Experience