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This 5 page paper poses three "why" questions about the January 2006 Palestinian election in which Hamas won a huge majority of the vote. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Questions The news that came out of the Middle East on January 26, 2006, was startling, to say the least. It revealed that the "Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, which has
said it favors the destruction of Israel, won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections, securing 76 seats in the 132-member legislature" (Vause, Raz and Wedeman, 2006). The results also showed
that Fatah, "which has held power since the creation of the Palestinian Authority, garnered only 43 seats"; the loss of so many seats to Hamas will dramatically shift "the political
landscape in the volatile region" (Vause, Raz and Wedeman, 2006). The remaining seats "went to smaller parties and independents" (Vause, Raz and Wedeman, 2006). The shift is dramatic and unexpected,
and has led to both the United States and Israel saying they will refuse to deal with Hamas, which they consider a terrorist organization (Vause, Raz and Wedeman, 2006). The
last election was in 1996 and 71.66% of eligible voters went to the polls; this time it was 77% (Hamas sweeps to election victory, 2006). Lets consider these three questions:
Why did Hamas candidates decide to enter this election? Why did so many people vote for them? And concurrently, Why did the voters reject Fatah? Discussion Why did Hamas candidates
choose to enter the 2006 elections? The answer lies in the history of the organization and the changing picture of politics in the Middle East. Hamas was founded in 1987
to deal with the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and "became a major player in both Palestinian-Israeli relations and domestic Palestinian politics, pursuing a dual agenda through the parallel development
of an operational and a social wing" (Herzog, 2006, p. 83). Unfortunately, it uses terrorist tactics in an effort to drive Israel from the Occupied Territories. It refused to
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