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The introduction provides reader with key themes and methodology of the book, suggesting 2007 as a turning point in Hamas’ political history, e.g., the transformation of Hamas from a non-state actor fighting for the realization of the right of Palestinians to self-determination from outside the state-like institutions, into a non-state actor fighting for the same right but from within the state institutions. The introduction notes that such transformation in Hamas status entails challenges more to Hamas than anyone else, as Hamas was asked to fight for the realization of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, but, at the same time, to exercise government-like functions that must be held to human rights standards, under certain parameters.
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Ibid.
A/HRC/16/71, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights On The Implementation of Human Rights Council Resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1 (March 3, 2011), available from http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/3697D9A1770E0CF98525784D006E01DA [Emphasis added]
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Mukhimer, T. (2013). Introduction. In: Hamas Rule in Gaza: Human Rights under Constraint. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137310194_1
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