英文摘要 |
he aim of this paper is to examine Hamas' political transformation by scrutinizing its resistance project between 2003 and 2006. Hamas is an acronym of the ‘Islamic resistance movement’ , which was founded in 1987. Due to its past record of suicide bombings inside Israel, Hamas had, in the past, been viewed by some Western countries as a terrorist organization. However, since the Palestinian Legislative Council(PLC)election held in January 2006, Hamas unexpectedly had the capability of forming a government in its own right by winning the majority of votes. any scholars believe that Hamas' transformation is not accidental. In reality, Hamas had gradually changed its discourse from intensified armed struggles to political participations in the period from 2003 to 2006. This transformation was considered to be a response to changes in external and internal environment. The way that Hamas itself interprets the transition and its implications, is beyond the scope of existing scholarship. This paper argues that the ‘resistance project provided a mean by which Hamas adapted to a new environment. And the crucial factor for Hamas' political transformation was highly related to the Israeli unilateral disengagement plan. This resistance discourse was prevalent in a large number of Hamas' leaders' interviews between 2003 and 2006, which could enable eaders to understand further Hamas' perspective on Israel and why it insisted on the necessity of armed resistance when it participated in the PLC election. Moreover, the resistance project could explain Hamas' rationale for the denial of Israeli legitimacy even though Gaza has been seized and bombarded since 2006. |